Knowledge of Eating Disorders among Collegiate Administrators, Coaches, and Auxiliary Dancers

Abstract

Knowledge of eating disorders, confidence in knowledge, and attendance of eating disorder educational programs were assessed among NCAA Division I and II university administrators (n = 61), coaches (n = 44), and dancers (n = 53). A questionnaire assessed knowledge in 5 domains: etiology, signs and symptoms, management and treatment, risk factors, and prevention and education. Overall, dancers' knowledge and previous attendance were significantly lower than administrators' and coaches'. There was inconsistency between participants' confidence in answers and the correctness of their answers. Education is necessary for improving knowledge and reducing risky behaviors in auxiliary dancers.

Peer Review #1 of "Confidence in eating disorder knowledge does not predict actual knowledge in collegiate female athletes (v0.2)"

“…A significant gap in ED knowledge is evident in prior research in coaches (Torres-McGehee et al, 2012;Turk & Prentice, 1999). This trend of inadequate knowledge is comparable with that of studentathletes (Torres-McGehee et al, 2011). These studies suggest that lack of knowledge may be a potential problem for collegiate athletics and amplify the difficulty with identifying problematic eating behaviors before they develop into pathological EDs.…”

“…Descriptive statistics were used to describe raw and themed scores among the entire population. Adequate knowledge was determined to be at least 80% correct, has previously PeerJ reviewing PDF | (2018:02:24982:3:1:NEW 19 Sep 2018) Manuscript to be reviewed described using the same survey (Govero & Bushman, 2003;Torres-McGehee et al, 2011).…”

“…Manuscript to be reviewed treatment of EDs as previously described (Turk et al, 1999). The exam has been previously utilized to study the concept of eating disorder knowledge (Govero & Bushman, 2003;Torres-McGehee et al, 2011;Turk & Prentice, 1999).Each subscale is scored individually and total scores are calculated from the sum of correct responses. Additionally, participants were asked to assess their confidence in the correctness of each response (1=not very confident, 5=very confident) (Turk & Prentice, 1999).…”

“…As such teammates and coaches may have the greatest opportunity to identify inappropriate eating behaviors and advocate professional treatment by allied health provider(R. T. . However, athletes and coaches generally do not have sufficient knowledge of ED behaviors or appropriate nutrition knowledge (Govero & Bushman, 2003;Torres-McGehee et al, 2011;Turk & Prentice, 1999) . A significant gap in ED knowledge is evident in prior research in coaches (Torres-McGehee et al, 2012;Turk & Prentice, 1999).…”

ATTITUDES et comportements alimentaires inappropriés ET CARACTÉRISTIQUES PSYCHOSOCIALES DES SPORTIFS : COMPARAISON ENTRE DEUX NIVEAUX DE PRATIQUE SPORTIVE

“…Malheureusement, bien que les TCA constituent une préoccupation de plus en plus présente dans le contexte sportif (Bonci et al, 2008;Tan, Bloodworth, McNamee, & Hewitt, 2014), la spécificité des TCA chez le sportif peut représenter un défi pour les intervenants. En effet, ces derniers sont souvent peu informés et inconfortables avec le sujet (Torres McGehee, Leaver-Dunn, Green, Bishop, Leeper, & Richardson, 2011). Pour leur part, les intervenants et psychologues en contexte clinique traditionnellement habitués à prescrire une contre-indication à la pratique sportive lorsqu'un TCA est soupçonné, qui est alors assimilée à de l'hyperactivité, peuvent être, à leur tour, mal à l'aise d'intervenir auprès de sportifs de niveau intensif chez qui la pratique sportive est indissociable de leur style de vie, voire de leur personnalité (Miller & Jome, 2010).…”