Download or read book Influence of Coaches on the Development of Eating Disorders in Female Collegiate Cross Country Runners written by Devin Laura Huck and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Coaching the Coaches written by Jessica Silverman (Psy.D. candidate at the University of Hartford) and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eating disorders (ED) are the deadliest mental health diagnosis (American Psychiatric Association [APA], 2013), and one of the most common diagnoses for college students. The college athlete is more likely to struggle with ED pathology given the developmental time period, personality characteristics, cultural influences, and impacts of athletic identity and athletic culture. Collegiate coaches have a large influence on the development of student athletes’ mental health and well-being through their direct and indirect messages. This influence can be further impacted by variables such as the roles of the coach, the roles of the athlete, personal influences, and responsibilities. Given the complexity of the coach-athlete relationship, it is important for coaches to ensure messages conveyed to athletes are clear, supportive, and direct to avoid inadvertently increasing the risk of ED pathology. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has indicated a need for experiential training regarding how coaches should address mental health influences impacting their athletes, such as with EDs. Since coaches are simultaneously considering both individual and systemic influences, critical thinking is a beneficial skill to understand the complex variables of communication, especially as it pertains to perspective-taking. Therefore, this project is designed to educate coaches about disordered eating (DE)/ED presentations in student-athletes and introduce the importance of the multiple factors impacting communication. Awareness of such influences can create alternative messages aimed at supporting athletic physical health and mental well-being in addition to overall athletic success.
Download or read book Eating Disorders in Sport written by Ron A. Thompson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2011-01-19 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past fifteen years, there has been a great increase in the knowledge of eating disorders in sport and effective means of treatment. In this book, the authors draw on their extensive clinical experience to discuss how to identify, manage, treat, and prevent eating disorders in sport participants. They begin by examining the clinical conditions related to eating problems, including descriptions of specific disorders and a review of the relevant literature. Special attention is given to the specific gender and sport-related factors that can negatively influence the eating habits of athletes. The second half of the book discusses identification of participants with disordered eating by reviewing symptoms and how they manifest in sport; management issues for sport personnel, coaches, athletic trainers, and healthcare professionals; treatment; and medical considerations, such as the use of psychotropic medications. A list of useful resources is included in an appendix, as well as a glossary of important terms.
Download or read book Disordered Eating Among Female Collegiate Athletes written by Rachel Sandler and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to discover what female collegiate athletes find to be the most helpful verbal communications and non-verbal communications from their coaches with regard to disordered eating. In doing so, this study aimed to gain insight into and understanding of the helpful behaviors in which coaches engage that promote healthy - as opposed to disordered - eating behaviors. While there are numerous studies on the detrimental effects coaches have on their athletes when it comes to eating disorders, there was little to no research on what coaches do that is helpful. In defining these helpful behaviors, the purpose of this study was threefold: 1. To discover what female collegiate athletes find to be the most helpful verbal communications from their coaches with regard to disordered eating. 2. To discover what female collegiate athletes find to be the most helpful non-verbal communications from their coaches with regard to disordered eating. 3. To determine if any of these findings differ by type of sport. Coaches, athletics administrators, and sports professionals were notified of the research study via the researcher's own professional network, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. These contacts were asked to forward the information to their athletes; those who wished to participate in the study contacted the researcher directly. The participants included nine current and two former student-athletes for a total of 11 female collegiate athletes across eight different sports representing all three NCAA divisions. The interviews lasted between 40 and 60 minutes in length and were conducted by the same researcher. The qualitative data gathered from these interviews were fully transcribed and then reviewed by the researcher. Transcript analysis involved placing responses into categories through the three phases of coding as defined by grounded theory research: open, axial, and selective. Because the interview questions were divided into verbal and non-verbal coach communications, the data analysis from the interviews provided the researcher with the necessary information to achieve the purpose of the study. A result of the findings is best described by the central theme of strength which links two critical areas developed from the interview data: Coach-Athlete Relationship and Athlete Eating Habits & Physique. The theory developed through the study's grounded theory approach is as follows: 1. A strong, positive relationship must exist between the coach and athlete before the coach communicates anything regarding eating habits or physique of the athlete. 2. Once such a relationship is established, both verbal and non-verbal coach communications regarding athlete eating habits or physique should focus on strength.
Download or read book The Perspectives of Female Collegiate Cross Country Runners on Eating behaviors and attitudes toward health written by Trisha Armstrong and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction: Recent literature has explored eating behaviors throughout the female collegiate cross country runner population, finding that often nutritional knowledge is not optimal, and both disordered eating and the female athlete triad exist. However, the relationship between nutritional knowledge and eating behaviors is unclear. The primary purpose of this study was to explore the perspectives of female collegiate cross country runners on eating behaviors and attitudes toward health. Methods: During the 2013 cross country season, 5 NAIA and 5 Division II female cross country runners, ages 18-22, participated in this qualitative research study. The relationship between eating behavior and attitudes toward health was examined through individual, semi-structured interviews. After transcription of the interviews, each student researcher independently developed themes and sub-themes and then met to negotiate findings. Results: The following four themes were identified: health behaviors, nutritional knowledge, influences, and health attitudes. This participants’ statements suggested that influences, nutritional knowledge, and attitude all affected the health behaviors of the cross country runner. Not only did they change health behaviors, but influences, nutritional knowledge, and attitude also intertwined with each other, affecting one another. Discussion: While nutritional knowledge does play a role in health behaviors of the female runner, it is not the sole contributor. Complex and interconnected relationships between eating behaviors and attitudes toward health were identified and were unique in each female collegiate cross country runner. Conclusion: The development of health behaviors of female collegiate cross country runners was exposed throughout this qualitative study. This in-depth understanding may assist in interpreting the behavioral causes of the female athlete triad and therefore the management as well as prevention of this disorder. Acknowledgements: Barbara Hoogenboom, Cynthia Grapczynski, participating women’s cross country teams, athletic directors and coaches.
Download or read book Midlife Eating Disorders written by Cynthia M. Bulik and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2013-03-12 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the nature of midlife eating disorders, looking at why they develop, how their unique challenges set them apart from those that occur earlier in life, and the path to recovery.
Download or read book Review of the Literature Regarding Female Collegiate Athletes with Eating Disorders and Disordered Eating written by Nicole M. Klasey and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Effects of Media Messages on Disordered Eating Development Among Female Collegiate Distance Runners written by Megan-Anne Perrin and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study was an examination of the determinants of disordered eating development among female collegiate distance runners. More specifically, the study examined the impact of thinness-emphasizing and thinness-promoting messages disseminated by mass media and running-specific media, and how those messages affected disordered eating among a sample of female collegiate distance runners. It also examines current female collegiate distance runners' attitudes toward disordered eating, subjective norms from referent individuals close to female collegiate distance runners regarding disordered eating, and female collegiate distance runners' perceived behavioral control regarding disordered eating - which was divided into various internal and external control factors either inhibiting or facilitating disordered eating among them. The study was qualitative in nature and assumed a multi-method approach. It included an online, anonymous, self-administered questionnaire among 166 current NCAA Division I female distance runners; four small, confidential focus groups with current NCAA Division I female distance runners from four different teams; and 16 in-depth interviews with professional distance runners, dietitians, coaches, physicians, and sports psychologists. The study sought to answer four research questions - each based on an element of the study's guiding theory, the theory of planned behavior (Ajzen, 1991). Overall, the study found media messages, attitudes, subjective norms, and various internal and external control factors all facilitated disordered eating among NCAA Division I female distance runners. Based upon these findings, the study offers recommendations for practitioners in the field of health communication, coaches, academic institutions with cross country and track teams, and female collegiate distance runners.
Download or read book Eating Disorders Among Female Athletes written by Lisa Lynn Roe and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to determine the major content areas for inclusion in an Eating Disorders prevention-intervention guide for coaches of female college athletes. To achieve this goal the current literature was reviewed to identify the major issues associated with eating disorders and female college athletes. From this information ten potential content areas were identified. Once content areas were identified, several statements were developed which reflected potential sub-areas of information. The content areas were then organized into a two-part questionnaire. The questionnaire was mailed to nine recognized experts representing college athletics, student health services and psychology, for evaluation. Part one of the questionnaire asked experts to indicate how Important each item (sub-area) within the given content area was on a five-point Likert-type scale. In part two of the questionnaire, experts were asked to indicate the relative importance each content area should be given in a guide. Questionnaires were returned by all 9 experts. Comments made by experts on the questionnaires resulted in modifications of 7 content area statements. The information obtained from the study will be used as a basis for the development of an Eating Disorders prevention-intervention guide for coaches of female college athletes.
Download or read book Family Dynamics Social Contexts and the Impact on the Potential Development of Eating Disorders Or the Female Athlete Triad written by Bobbi Gasior (L.) and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study explores the potentially detrimental impact that family dynamics, sport participation, and social contexts such as body image, self-confidence, and bullying may have on the potential development of eating disorders or the female athlete triad in collegiate female athletes. Research for this paper focused on the prevalence and relation of multiple facets affecting 526 collegiate athletes between the ages of 18-23, including purging techniques and negative social contexts, that may potentially lead to the two most widely known and recognized eating disorders of Anorexia Nervosa (AN) and Bulimia Nervosa (BN) along with the potential for athletes to develop the Female Athlete Triad, which is a combination of Eating Disorders Not Otherwise Specified, amenorrhea, and osteoporosis. Many believe that athletes develop eating disorders because of the sports that she participates in and that the competitive drive of the athlete in her sport pushes her to extremes. This study supports that the sport alone cannot be viewed as the sole culprit in the development of an eating disorder or the triad. Also, the social context of bullying proved to be a minimal factor for the athletes, with a staggering amount of them not even being able to successfully define bullying.
Download or read book An Exploration of the Collegiate Coach athlete Relationship and Its Impact on Female Athlete Attitudes and Behaviors Toward Disordered Eating and Body Image written by and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collegiate female athletes face the challenges of conflicting feminine body ideals in society and in their sport all while striving for athletic success. Coaches are believed to play a significant role in an athlete's development, and thus have potential to (knowing or unknowingly) reinforce, or even introduce, eating pathology as a means to achieve athletic performance and/or a body ideal. Previous research has found a link between insecure attachment and subsequent eating pathology in athletes and non-athletes alike. The coach can be viewed as an important attachment figure in an athlete's life and development and thus serve a mediating role for how earlier attachment patterns do, or do not, transfer to an athletes identity, well-being, and functioning. The aim of the present study is to explore (1) the interpersonal dynamics that occur between a collegiate athlete and a coach, (2) the context of this attachment relationship as related to other attachment relationships, and (3) the interaction of these attachment relationships on disordered eating behaviors and negative body image beliefs. Providing a clearer picture of the interactions and relational patterns that can occur between a coach and an athlete will be useful in developing methods and interventions to help increase awareness of the coach's impact on body image and eating, and to create tailored interventions for both coaches and athletes to access more adaptive attachment representations, coping styles, and ways of being.
Download or read book Influences of Eating Disorders and Behaviors on College Cross Country and Track Runners written by Kimberly L. Ricker and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Outside sources can be a large influence on athlete's perceptions of themselves, including their body image. Men and women face the same issues and influences from outside sources. The SCOFF questionnaire was used to determine if an athlete has the possibility of developing or already has an eating disorder. An eight question survey was also used to see what outside sources influence the eating behaviors of college cross country and track runners.
Download or read book Weighing in on Eating Disorders written by Samantha Vavra and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examined collegiate swimming coaches' knowledge and attitudes towards eating disorders and unhealthy weight loss practices within their athletes along with their perceptions of sport specific pressures in swimming. I used a modified version of the 2003 NCAA Questionnaire for Collegiate Coaches of Female Student-Athletes developed and utilized by Sherman, Thompson, Dehass, and Wilfret. I used email to distribute the link to an online version of the survey, and used SPSS to analyze the data. The results suggest that NCAA Division I, II, and III collegiate swimming coaches are aware of the prevalence along with the fact that that athletes do participate in unhealthy weight loss practices and suffer from eating disorders. This study suggests that many coaches are knowledgeable about this topic, but I was unable to conclude whether swimmers experience sport specific pressures that put them at higher risk for or lead to eating disorders. Both participant gender and NCAA division coached were found to present statistically significant differences in survey responses. Despite results being statistically significant, results are consistent with previous research examining eating disorders in sport. Results were not able to conclude if swimmers experience sport specific pressures leading to the development of eating disorders. It is hoped that future research will continue to examine the link between specific sports and the development of ED, as well as focus on providing coaches with more knowledge and education on this topic.
Download or read book Coaches and Student Athletes Perceptions on the Athletes Eating Psychopathology Body Image and Interpersonal Relationship and how They are Impacted by Social Distancing at a Large Midwestern University written by Samara T. Pattiasina and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Both male and female athletes are at high risk for developing eating disorders. One of the identified aspects that can result in eating psychopathology is body image dysphoria. Coaches can impact athletes' perception of their own body image and eating habits. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic increased the rate of mental illnesses including eating disorders. The purpose of this study is threefold: first to examine coach's perceptions of student's a) eating psychopathology and b) body image; 2) students' perception of their own a) eating psychopathology, b) body image, and c) coach-athlete interpersonal relationship; and 3) coaches' perspective of their athletes' eating psychopathology during social distancing at a large Midwestern University. Participants were male and female student-athletes and athletic coaches at Kent State University who were >=18 years and were not previously diagnosed with an eating disorder. Surveys and questionnaires were distributed, including demographic surveys, Eating Disorder Screen for Athletes (EDSA), Situational Inventory of Body-Image Dysphoria (SIBID), Climate in Sport Setting Scale (CISSS), and Perception on Athletes' Nutritional Intake and Performance during Social Distancing (PANIBI-SD). Current study found significant relationship between student-athletes' EDSA and SIBID (r=0.73, p > 0.001), and no relationship between student-athletes' EDSA and CISSS (r=-0.02, p=0.90), between SIBID and CISSS (r=-0.004, p=0.98), and between coaches' PANIBI-SD and EDSA (r=0.32, p=0.49). Present study also found that SIBID is a significant predictor for EDSA [F(2, 38)=21.54, p
Download or read book Athletes Risk of Developing Eating Disorders written by Sarah R. Shelby and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Existing research on women athletes' risk for eating disorders supports both athletes at greater risk and athletes at lower risk than the general population. This meta-analysis pooled the descriptive statistics from research that utilized the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT) and the Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI) on women athletes to synthesize the existing research. Twenty studies with available sample size, means and standard deviations were included. Weighted means for women athletes were computed and compared to control means and to eating disordered patients means by independent t-tests. Athletes were grouped by Competition Level (recreational, college, elite) and the sports' emphasis on leanness, termed Body Emphasis (yes, no, mixed), and subjected to ANOVAs. Athletes scored higher than controls on the EAT and on EDI subscales Maturity Fears and Interpersonal Distrust. Athletes scored lower than controls on the EDI subscales Body Dissatisfaction and Ineffectiveness. Athletes scored lower then eating disordered patients on the EAT and all EDI subscales. ANOVAs resulted in an interaction effect where athletes in lean emphasis sports scored higher than athletes in non-lean emphasis sports at the recreational competition level, but this was reversed at the elite competition level for EDI subscales Ineffectiveness, Interpersonal Distrust, Maturity Fears, and Interoceptive Awareness. Although women athletes score higher than controls on some measures of eating disorders they are not at greater risk because their scores remain within the normal range and are similar or lower than controls on drive for thinness, bulimia and body dissatisfaction, correlates central to eating disorders. Women athletes also do not approach the pathology seen in eating disordered patients. Some athlete groups may be more at risk than others, such as athletes participating in sports emphasizing leanness at low competition levels, but the influence from moderator variables is complex and many other variables, age, coaches influence, etc., may confound the relationship in unascertained ways.
Download or read book The female athlete triad written by Michelle Turner Breiland and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Female Athlete Triad written by Catherine M. Gordon and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-10-28 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book of its kind to focus solely on the female athlete triad - its origins, its recognition, and most importantly, its management. Since the symptoms themselves cover a range of medical specialties, chapters are written by experts in a number of relevant fields - sports medicine, orthopedics, endocrinology, and pediatrics - with an eye toward overall care of the young female athlete. Additionally, each chapter includes suggestions on how to educate and communicate with young athletes and their parents, as well as trainers and coaches, on how to manage the illness outside of the direct clinical setting. The female athlete triad is often seen in sports where low body weight is emphasized, such as gymnastics, figure skating, and running, though it can appear in any sport or activity. The interrelated symptoms - eating disorders, amenorrhea, and low bone mass - exist on a spectrum of severity and are serious and potentially life-threatening if not properly treated. Psychological problems, in addition to medical ones, are not uncommon. The Female Athlete Triad: A Clinical Guide discusses all of these areas for a well-rounded and in-depth approach to the phenomenon and will be a useful reference for any clinician working with female athletes across the lifespan.
