Reel and Gill (1996) Psychosocial factors related to eating disorders among high school and college female cheerleaders

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Psychosocial factors related to eating disorders among high school and college female cheerleaders

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CONTRIBUTORS:

	Author:	Reel, J. J.
	Author:	Gill, D. L. (University of North Carolina Greensboro)

JOURNAL:

The Sport Psychologist, 10(2), 195 - 206.

YEAR:

1996

PUB TYPE:

Journal Article

SUBJECT(S):

eating-disorder; girl; adolescent; cheerleading; body-image; correlation; secondary-school; woman; young-adult; university; United-States

DISCIPLINE:

No discipline assigned

HTTP:

https://secure.sportquest.com/su.cfm?articleno=399958&title=399958

LANGUAGE:

English

PUB ID:

103-341-333 (Last edited on 2002/02/27 18:44:04 US/Mountain)

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ABSTRACT:
Seventy-three college female and 84 high school female cheerleaders participated in the current study on eating disorders and pressures within cheeerleading. The participants completed the Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI), the Social Physique Anxiety Scale (SPAS), and CHEER, a measure developed by the authors to identify pressures within cheerleading. A one-way MANOVA indicated significant differences between high school and college cheerleaders on CHEER and SPAS. Correctional analyses revealed a strong relation between SPAS, body dissatisfaction scores, and eating behavior, suggesting that body image is an important predictor for eating disorders in cheerleaders. Moreover, although high school cheerleaders reported fewer pressures than their college counterparts, they exhibited greater body dissatisfaction and disordered eating patterns.

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