Are inappropriate eating behaviors and anxiety related with track and field in adolescent athletes?

Revista de Nutrição

Leonardo De Sousa Fortes¹  Sebastião De Sousa Almeida¹  Maria Elisa Caputo Ferreira¹ 

关键词: Anxiety;    Athletes;    Eating disorders;    Track and field;    Ansiedade;    Atletas;    Transtornos alimentares;    Atletismo;   

DOI  :  10.1590/1415-52732014000300005

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

OBJECTIVE:The study analyzed the relationship between anxiety and inappropriate eating behaviors in adolescent female athletes.METHODS:Eighty-eight track and field athletes aged 12 to 17 years participated in the study. We used the Eating Attitudes Test-26 subscales to assess inappropriate eating behaviors and the Brazilian State - Trait Anxiety Inventory subscales to assess State and Trait anxiety.RESULTS:State - Trait Anxiety Inventory - State (p=0.18) or State - Trait Anxiety Inventory - Trait (p=0.14) had no significant influence on the Dieting subscale score. The Bulimia and Food Preoccupation subscale score was also not influenced by State - Trait Anxiety Inventory - State (p=0.25) or State - Trait Anxiety Inventory - Trait (p=0.21). However, State - Trait Anxiety Inventory - Trait (p=0.048) had a significant impact on the Oral Control subscale score, but State - Trait Anxiety Inventory - State (p=0.19) did not explain its variance.CONCLUSION:Only State - Trait Anxiety Inventory - Trait was related to oral control and the environmental and social forces that encourage food intake in female athletes.

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