Body dissatisfaction, ideals, and identity in the development of disordered eating among adolescent ballet dancers.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Little is known about how female adolescent ballet dancers-a group at high-risk for the development of body dissatisfaction and eating disorders-construct body ideals, and how their social identities interact with body ideals to confer risk for disordered eating. Using a novel body figure behavioral task, this study investigated (1) whether degree of body dissatisfaction corresponded to severity of disordered eating thoughts and behaviors, and (2) how ballet identity corresponded with ideal body figure size among adolescent ballet dancers.

Methods

Participants were 188 female ballet dancers ages 13-18 years who completed self-report measures of study constructs and the behavioral task.

Results

Linear regression models indicated that more severe body dissatis

SUBMITTER: Ohashi YB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10524937 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature