Within- and between-person predictors of disordered eating attitudes among male and female dancers: findings from the UK Centres for Advanced Training
Name:
Publisher version
View Source
Access full-text PDFOpen Access
View Source
Check access options
Check access options
Name:
Nordin-Bates et al Disordered ...
Size:
559.6Kb
Format:
PDF
Description:
Author accepted manuscript
Authors
Nordin-Bates, Sanna M.Schwarz, Johanna F.A.
Quested, Eleanor
Cumming, Jennifer
Aujla, Imogen
Redding, Emma
Affiliation
Swedish School of Sport and Health SciencesCurtin University
University of Birmingham
University of Bedfordshire
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
Issue Date
2016-07-09
Metadata
Show full item recordAbstract
Objectives This longitudinal study examined potential predictors of disordered eating attitudes (DEA) for male and female dancers, with a particular focus on whether environmental predictors (perceptions of task- and ego-involving motivational climate) added significantly to the prediction made by intrapersonal predictor variables (demographics/training, self-esteem, perfectionism). Methods and Design Young dancers (N = 597, 73.4% female, M = 14.69 years old, SD = 2.04) from UK Centres for Advanced Training completed questionnaires 1–5 times over a two-year period, depending on how long they were enrolled at their centre. Multilevel modelling was employed to examine both between- and within-person predictors of DEA. Results For females, lower self-esteem and higher perfectionistic concerns were significant between-person predictors of DEA. Increased levels of perfectionistic strivings and perfectionistic concerns were significant within-person predictors. For males, increased perfectionistic concerns and perceptions of the motivational climate as more task- and ego-involving were significant between-person predictors of DEA. No significant within-person predictors emerged. Conclusions Findings contribute to the literature on DEA in aesthetic activities and the debate concerning the (mal-)adaptiveness of perfectionistic strivings. They also raise questions about how environmental aspects should best be conceptualized and measured in studies of this type. In particular, however, results demonstrate that the predictors of DEA among males and females may not be the same, and suggest that future interventions may therefore need to be sex-specific.Citation
Nordin-Bates SM, Schwarz JFA, Quested E, Cumming J, Aujla IJ, Redding E (2016) 'Within- and between-person predictors of disordered eating attitudes among male and female dancers: findings from the UK Centres for Advanced Training', Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 27 (), pp.101-111.Publisher
ElsevierJournal
Psychology of Sport and ExerciseAdditional Links
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S146902921630084XType
ArticleLanguage
enISSN
1469-0292Sponsors
Department of Education/Leverhulme Trustae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1016/j.psychsport.2016.07.004
Scopus Count
Collections
The following license files are associated with this item:
- Creative Commons
Except where otherwise noted, this item's license is described as Green - can archive pre-print and post-print or publisher's version/PDF