Female Athlete Body Project Intervention with Professional Dancers: A Pilot Trial.
Eat Disord
; 29(1): 56-73, 2021.
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ABSTRACT
As aesthetic athletes, professional dancers have increased vulnerability for eating disorders (EDs), with three times higher risk than non-dancers. Among ballet dancers, generalized risk for EDs associated with internalization of western cultural female beauty ideals is compounded by idealization of a ballet-specific body ideal, a combination that confers unique vulnerability for eating pathology. Empirical support has been established for an athlete-specific intervention promoting body acceptance and reduced eating pathology among general populations of young-adult women and female collegiate athletes; the current study adapted this intervention for pilot implementation among professional ballet dancers. Participants from two elite ballet companies (N = 19) were randomized to a control and intervention condition. All participants self-reported eating pathology and related variables pre- and post-intervention, and at six-week follow-up. Post-intervention, participants receiving the intervention demonstrated reductions in body dissatisfaction, p = .005, r = -.63, dietary restraint, p = .008, r = -.59, and eating pathology, p = .007, r = -.60, as compared to control group counterparts; significant differences were retained at follow-up. Results provide preliminary evidence that this intervention has the potential to provide a feasible and acceptable means of ED prevention in female professional ballet dancers. Barriers to feasibility are identified and discussed.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Trastornos de Alimentación y de la Ingestión de Alimentos
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Baile
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Atletas
Tipo de estudio:
Clinical_trials
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Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Eat Disord
Asunto de la revista:
CIENCIAS DA NUTRICAO
Año:
2021
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos