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

Authors

  • Leonardo de Sousa FORTES Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
  • Sebastião de Sousa ALMEIDA Universidade de São Paulo
  • Maria Elisa Caputo FERREIRA Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora

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. 

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2023-04-14

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de Sousa FORTES, L. ., de Sousa ALMEIDA, S. ., & Caputo FERREIRA, M. E. . (2023). Are inappropriate eating behaviors and anxiety related with track and field in adolescent athletes?. Brazilian Journal of Nutrition, 27(3). Retrieved from https://periodicos.puc-campinas.edu.br/nutricao/article/view/8316

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