Exercise Caution: Questions to Ask Adolescents Who May Exercise Too Hard

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Johanna Levallius¹  Andreas Birgegård¹  Elin Monell²  Emma Forsén Mantilla² 

[1] Stockholm Health Care Services, Stockholm County Council, Norra Stationsgatan 69, 7 tr 113 64 Stockholm, Sweden;;Centre for Psychiatry Research, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet &

关键词: compulsive exercise;    healthy adolescents;    eating disorder risk;   

DOI  :  10.3390/ijerph15040797

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

When the primary goal of exercise is to compensate for food intake and to alter body shape and weight, it is considered compulsive and may be harmful. Compulsive exercise (CE) is important in the pathogenesis of eating disorders (EDs). Many healthy adolescents engage in CE too, and this may indicate a risk for EDs. Our aim was to learn more about ED risk factors tied to CE and to try to isolate questions to ask in order to probe for high ED risk in adolescents engaging in CE. Using two well-established instruments (the Structural Analysis of Social Behavior and the Eating Disorders Examination Questionnaire), we studied associations between ED variables and CE in healthy adolescent boys and girls. We examined gender-specific items to generate the best possible fit for each gender. Individuals with CE displayed significantly greater ED pathology and more self-criticism, and this pattern was stronger in girls than in boys. Risk factors for ED among individuals with CE differed slightly for boys and girls. We put forward a set of gender-specific questions that may be helpful when probing for ED risk among adolescents engaging in CE.

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