Background: Female gender, male homosexuality and sport practice could be viewed as risk factors for eating disorders. The present study was aimed at evaluating the joint influence of these factors. Methods: 384 participants (26% sedentary eterosexuals, 50% sport practicing eterosexuals, 23% sedentary gay) volunteered for the study. Findings: Results of ANOVAs conducted on the Drive for Thinness scale of the EDI-2 with Group and Gender as factors showed significant main effects (respectively F=5.6; p=0.004; F=14.25; p=0.001); the same result was obtained with the Body dissatisfaction subscale respectively F=9.1; p=0.001; F=22.22; p=0.001). With the Bulimia subscale only a main effect for Gender was found (F=6.7; p=0.010). Discussion: Further analyses will consider a group of sport practicing homosexuals and will compare those practicing sport within a sport club to those who exercise on their own in order to assess whether the influence of sport practice is mediated by social factors.
Gender, sexual orientation, and sport practice are related to body dissatisfaction and disordered eating / Lombardo, Caterina; Pisanti, Renato. - In: PSYCHOLOGY & HEALTH. - ISSN 0887-0446. - STAMPA. - 23 Supplement 1:(2008), pp. 168-169. (Intervento presentato al convegno 22th Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society tenutosi a Bath, England nel SEP, 9-12, 2008) [10.1080/08870440802299543].
Gender, sexual orientation, and sport practice are related to body dissatisfaction and disordered eating.
LOMBARDO, Caterina;PISANTI, Renato
2008
Abstract
Background: Female gender, male homosexuality and sport practice could be viewed as risk factors for eating disorders. The present study was aimed at evaluating the joint influence of these factors. Methods: 384 participants (26% sedentary eterosexuals, 50% sport practicing eterosexuals, 23% sedentary gay) volunteered for the study. Findings: Results of ANOVAs conducted on the Drive for Thinness scale of the EDI-2 with Group and Gender as factors showed significant main effects (respectively F=5.6; p=0.004; F=14.25; p=0.001); the same result was obtained with the Body dissatisfaction subscale respectively F=9.1; p=0.001; F=22.22; p=0.001). With the Bulimia subscale only a main effect for Gender was found (F=6.7; p=0.010). Discussion: Further analyses will consider a group of sport practicing homosexuals and will compare those practicing sport within a sport club to those who exercise on their own in order to assess whether the influence of sport practice is mediated by social factors.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
