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Eating Attitudes, Exercise Identity, and Body Alienation in Competitive Ultramarathoners

2004; Human Kinetics; Volume: 14; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1123/ijsnem.14.4.406

1543-2742

Christopher D. Lantz, Debbie Rhea, Karin Mesnier,

Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification

This study examined the relationships among eating attitudes, exercise identity, and body alienation in ultramarathoners. Eighty-seven competitive ultramarathoners (73 males, 14 females) completed the Eating Attitudes Test-26, Exercise Identity Scale, and Body Alienation Scale as part of their pre-race registration. Correlation coefficients revealed that eating attitudes were positively related to exercise identity (R = 0.31) and injury tolerance (R = 0.43), and that exercise identity was positively related to injury tolerance (R = 0.33). MANOVA further indicated that subjects with high exercise identity reported more eating disorder behaviors [F(2, 80) = 7.73, P <0.001] and higher injury tolerance [F(2, 80) = 3.69, P <0.05] than persons with low exercise identity. Female ultramarathoners scoring high on exercise identity were more likely to report aberrant eating behaviors [F(2, 80) = 3.39, P <0.05] and higher training intensity levels [F(2, 80) = 3.91, P <0.02] than were average males and the low- or moderate-exercise identifying females.