Adolescent Ballet School Students: Their Quest for Body Weight Change

Bettle, Norman; Bettle, Oliver; Neumärker, Ursula; Neumärker, Klaus‐Jürgen

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“…This was slightly lower than the report in Germany-8 of 58 Germany female ballet dancers (13.7%) scored on the EAT-40 over the cut-off point of 30 18 . In this present survey the college dance students with more academic focus and whose major subject is folk dance may be under lower pressure than ballet dancers to diet.…”

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Eating attitudes, weight control behaviors and risk factors for eating disorders among Chinese female dance students

Tao

Sun²

2015

Eur. J. Psychiat.

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CHINAABSTRACT -Background and Objectives: Along with the economic development, eating disorders begin to appear in China. In this context, we study potential risks for eating disorders.Methods: 1,199 Chinese students, aged 12-25 years, were randomly selected in spring 2006 from a survey with a series of scales (EAT-26, EDI) that were used as a screening examination for eating attitudes, weight control behaviors and risk factors. Among them were 31 female Chinese dance students. The dancer students were compared with the female high risk group of eating disorders (EAT ≥ 20) and the female low risk group (EAT 0-9) according to their scores on EAT-26 and EDI.Results: There were just 3 dancers (10%) with scores on the EAT-26 who were over the cut-off point of 20 for high risk of an eating disorder. The dance group also showed significantly higher scores than the low risk group (EAT 0-9) not only on the subscales Dieting, and EAT-26 total scores on the EAT-26, but also on the subscales Perfectionism and Maturity Fears on the EDI.Conclusions: Among the group of female Chinese dance students, most participants did not show a high risk for eating disorders and their high scores on some subscales on the EAT-26 and EDI could be caused by their occupation.

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“…The higher dieting and body dissatisfaction may have been a result of their discipline. Female ballet students are less satisfied with their weight in comparison with their non-dancing peers 17 and often wish to decrease weight despite a low body mass index (BMI) 18 .…”

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Eating attitudes, weight control behaviors and risk factors for eating disorders among Chinese female dance students

Tao

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2015

Eur. J. Psychiat.

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“…Furthermore, it seems reasonable that young females who enrol in a ballet school, even if not yet affected by body uneasiness, may develop it, under the pressure of teachers and parents [54,55]. Unlike other reports [12], ballet students enrolled in our study did not undergo any entry examination to be admitted to the ballet school, so that their distinction from the general population on the basis of a more pronounced body image disturbance is not attributable to a pre-enrolment selection. This is confirmed by the fact that ballet students did not show any correlation between body uneasiness and mood depression or anxiety, as conversely observed both in gymnasium users and female controls.…”

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“…Among the other facilitating factors, athletic participation has often been linked to a higher prevalence of eating disorders, which are found to be particularly widespread among performers of certain types of sports or physical activities, such as ballet [11][12][13][14][15][16], gymnastics [17][18][19], running [20][21][22] and skating [23,24]. Several personality characteristics have been claimed to be associated both with eating disorders and sport participation: competitiveness, concern about performance, compulsive concern about body shape and perfectionism [25].…”

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Eating Disorders and Body Image Disturbances among Ballet Dancers, Gymnasium Users and Body Builders

Ravaldi¹,

Vannacci²,

Zucchi³

et al. 2003

Psychopathology

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Background: Eating disorders are frequent among elite performers of certain sports or physical activities; however, little is known about non-professional performers. Method: 113 female non-elite ballet dancers, 54 female gymnasium users, 44 male non-competitive body builders, 105 female controls and 30 male controls were evaluated using the Body Uneasiness Test, the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, the Beck Depression Inventory, and the Eating Disorder Examination 12th edition (EDE-12). Results: Non-elite ballet dancers reported the highest prevalence of eating disorders (anorexia nervosa 1.8%; bulimia nervosa 2.7%; eating disorders not otherwise specified 22.1%), followed by gymnasium users (anorexia nervosa 2.6%; eating disorders not otherwise specified 18%). Significant differences (p < 0.01) between athletes and their controls were found in the following parameters (median values): Beck Depression Inventory (female dancers 5.7, gymnasium users 6.1, female controls 2.8, body builders 1.6, and male controls 1.3), Body Uneasiness Test (female dancers 1.08, gymnasium users 0.62, female controls 0.54, body builders 0.35, and male controls 0.27), EDE total scores (female dancers 1.6, gymnasium users 1.7, female controls 1.0, body builders 1.0, and male controls 0.4), EDE – restraint subscale scores (female dancers 0.8, gymnasium users 1.6, female controls 0.0, body builders 0.8, and male controls 0.0), EDE – eating concern subscale scores (female dancers 0.4, gymnasium users 0.2, female controls 0.0, body builders 0.0, and male controls 0.0), EDE – weight concern subscale scores (female dancers 2.1, gymnasium users 2.1, female controls 1.6, body builders 1.4, and male controls 0.5), and EDE – shape concern subscale scores (female dancers 2.7, gymnasium users 2.8, female controls 2.0, body builders 2.1, and male controls 0.9). EDE scores were highly related to Body Uneasiness Test scores, especially in non-elite ballet dancers and in non-competitive body builders (p < 0.01). Conclusion: Non-professional performers of sports emphasising thinness or muscularity, such as ballet and body-building, show a high degree of body uneasiness and inappropriate eating attitudes and behaviours.

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“…Los resultados encontrados discrepan con nuestra hipótesis de partida y también con la mayor parte de la evidencia científi ca actual, que pone de manifi esto que las estudiantes de danza presentan mayor insatisfacción corporal y mayor riesgo de desarrollar sintomatología relacionada con los TCA en comparación con otras muestras de no estudiantes de danza (Abraham, 1996a;Bettle et al, 1998;Garner y Garfi nkel, 1980;Garner et al, 1987;Neumärker et al, 2000;Ravaldi et al, 2003;Ringham et al, 2006;Szmukler et al, 1985). Por lo tanto, cabe plantear porqué nuestra muestra de estudiantes de danza está más satisfecha con su cuerpo y peso, y presenta con menor frecuencia conductas alimentarias inadecuadas en comparación con las estudiantes universitarias.…”

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Conformidad con roles femeninos y conductas alimentarias inadecuadas en estudiantes de danza [Conformity to the feminine norms and inadequate eating behaviors in female dance students]

Anastasiadou

Aparicio

Sepúlveda

et al. 2014

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Resumen: El estudio analiza la relación entre feminidad y conductas alimentarias inadecuadas en mujeres estudiantes de danza. El Eating Attitudes Test y el Conformity to the Feminine Norms Inventory fueron administrados a 50 estudiantes de grado medio y superior de danza y 75 estudiantes de bachiller y universitarios. Los resultados indican que el grupo de estudiantes de danza tenía un índice de masa corporal más bajo, estaba más satisfecho con su peso y presentaba con menor frecuencia conductas alimentarias inadecuadas relacionadas con los trastornos alimentarios (TA) que el grupo de estudiantes universitarios. Además, las estudiantes de danza con mayor riesgo de presentar conductas alimentarias inadecuadas se conformaban en mayor grado con la feminidad. La importancia de examinar las variables asociadas con el riesgo de TA, incluyendo la identificación con los roles de género, podría ser un paso adelante para mejorar la salud y la calidad de vida de las mujeres jóvenes.Palabras clave: Feminidad; trastornos alimentarios; danza. Conformity to feminine norms and inadequate eating behaviors in female dance students Abstract:The study examines the relationship between femininity and inadequate eating behaviors in female dance students. The Eating Attitudes Test and the Conformity to the Feminine Norms Inventory were administered to 50 medium and superior level dance students and 75 high school and university students. The results indicate that the group of dance students had a lower body mass index, were more satisfied with their weight and presented inadequate eating behaviors related to eating disorders to a lesser extent than the now-dance group. Moreover, dance students at greater risk of presenting inadequate eating attitudes conformed more to feminine norms. Exploring variables associated with the risk of developing an eating desorder, including the influence of gender roles, could mean an important step forward towards improving health and quality of life of the young women.

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Adolescent Ballet School Students: Their Quest for Body Weight Change

Cited by 41 publications

References 15 publications

Eating attitudes, weight control behaviors and risk factors for eating disorders among Chinese female dance students

Eating attitudes, weight control behaviors and risk factors for eating disorders among Chinese female dance students

Eating Disorders and Body Image Disturbances among Ballet Dancers, Gymnasium Users and Body Builders

Conformidad con roles femeninos y conductas alimentarias inadecuadas en estudiantes de danza [Conformity to the feminine norms and inadequate eating behaviors in female dance students]

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