Are inappropriate eating behaviors and anxiety related with track and field in adolescent athletes?

Fortes, Leonardo de Sousa; Almeida, Sebastião de Sousa; Ferreira, Maria Elisa Caputo

doi:10.1590/1415-52732014000300005

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Original Articles • Rev. Nutr. 27 (3) • May-Jun 2014 • https://doi.org/10.1590/1415-52732014000300005 linkcopy

Are inappropriate eating behaviors and anxiety related with track and field in adolescent athletes?

Comportamentos alimentares inadequados e ansiedade estão relacionados com atletismo em atletas adolescentes?

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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The study analyzed the relationship between anxiety and inappropriate eating behaviors in adolescent female athletes.

METHODS: Eighty-eight track and field athletes aged 12 to 17 years participated in the study. We used the Eating Attitudes Test-26 subscales to assess inappropriate eating behaviors and the Brazilian State - Trait Anxiety Inventory subscales to assess State and Trait anxiety.

RESULTS: State - Trait Anxiety Inventory - State (p=0.18) or State - Trait Anxiety Inventory - Trait (p=0.14) had no significant influence on the Dieting subscale score. The Bulimia and Food Preoccupation subscale score was also not influenced by State - Trait Anxiety Inventory - State (p=0.25) or State - Trait Anxiety Inventory - Trait (p=0.21). However, State - Trait Anxiety Inventory - Trait (p=0.048) had a significant impact on the Oral Control subscale score, but State - Trait Anxiety Inventory - State (p=0.19) did not explain its variance.

CONCLUSION: Only State - Trait Anxiety Inventory - Trait was related to oral control and the environmental and social forces that encourage food intake in female athletes.

Anxiety; Athletes; Eating disorders; Track and field

Variables	Minimum	Maximum	Mean	SD

EAT-26	0	29	10.60	8.29
STAI	19	37	26.53	4.98
BSQ	38	125	69.94	19.87
Age (years)	12	17	15.03	1.74
%BF	12	23	17.44	2.37

Variables	Block	B	R	R ²	_R 2*	p-value
STAI-S	1	0.08	0.25	0.06	0.04	=0.18
STAI-T	2	0.09	0.18	0.04	0.03	=0.14

Variables	Block	B	R	R ²	_R 2*	p-value
STAI-S	1	0.05	0.10	0.01	0.01	=0.25
STAI-T	2	0.07	0.12	0.03	0.02	=0.21

Variables	Block	B	R	_R 2	_R 2*	p-value

STAI-S	1	0.08	0.04	0.02	0.01	=0.19
STAI-T	2	0.12	0.23	0.05	0.03	=0.05

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Variables	Low anxiety (STAI <15.26)				High anxiety (STAI =15.26)			p-value
	Mean	±	Standard Error		Mean	±	Standard Error

Dieting	6.09	±	1.04^a	5.46		±	1.14	=0.27
B and FP	3.63	±	0.56^a	0.98		±	0.62	=0.02
OC	3.91	±	1.39^a	2.66		±	1.51	=0.15

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: SD: Standard Deviation; EAT-26: Eating Attitudes Test-26; STAI: Brazilian State-Trait Anxiety Inventory; BSQ: Body Shape Questionnaire; %BF: Percentage of Body Fat.