An examination of eating disorder profiles in student obligatory and non-obligatory exercisers
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ABSTRACT:
Much research has targeted the relationship between eating disorders and obligatory exercise in elite sport populations, but little has been done in the area of student populations. The aim of this study, therefore, was to highlight risk behaviors indicated in a student obligatory and non-obligatory exercise population and to compare results with previous research in the area. One thousand second and third year students at a large university in the Midlands were randomly selected and mailed the Obligatory Exercise Questionnaire (Pasman & Thompson, 1988), the Eating Disorder Inventory (Garner et al., 1983) and a demographic questionnaire. Two hundred and seventy four packets were returned (190 female, mean age 25; 81 male, mean age 27.04; three unspecified), with 32 students (16 female, 13 male, 3 unspecified) meeting the required score of 50 or greater for categorization as obligatory exercisers. Obligatory exercisers were significantly different from non-obligatory exercisers on the following EDI subscales: Drive for Thinness (t = -2.19, p < .05), Ineffectiveness (t = -2.01, p < .05), Interpersonal Distrust (t = -2.56, p <.05) and Interoceptive Awareness (t = -2.6, p <.05) sub scales. The overall profile of the obligatory exercisers follows a similar pattern to that of a clinical population, as designated in the norm profiles by Garner et al. (1983). Based on the similarity in profiles, results are discussed in terms of risk behaviors that may be exhibited and their early detection as an aid to preventing future obsessive actions.
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