Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ600511
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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The Level of Competition as a Factor for the Development of Eating Disorders in Female Collegiate Athletes.
Picard, Christy L.
Journal of Youth and Adolescence, v28 n5 p583-94 Oct 1999
Examined eating attitudes among 39 female college athletes from National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I schools, 40 from NCAA Division II schools, and 31 nonathletes. Athletes at higher levels of competition showed more signs of pathological eating and were at increased risk of eating disorders. (SLD)
Descriptors: Athletes, College Students, Competition, Eating Disorders, Females, Higher Education, Student Attitudes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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