Risk of Dependence on Sport in Relation to Body Dissatisfaction and Motivation

Inmaculada Tornero-Quiñones, Jesús Sáez-Padilla, Estefanía Castillo Viera, Juan José García Ferrete and Ángela Sierra Robles
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Inmaculada Tornero-Quiñones: Faculty of Education, Psychology and Sports Sciences, University of Huelva, 21071 Huelva, Spain
Jesús Sáez-Padilla: Faculty of Education, Psychology and Sports Sciences, University of Huelva, 21071 Huelva, Spain
Estefanía Castillo Viera: Faculty of Education, Psychology and Sports Sciences, University of Huelva, 21071 Huelva, Spain
Juan José García Ferrete: Faculty of Education, Psychology and Sports Sciences, University of Huelva, 21071 Huelva, Spain
Ángela Sierra Robles: Faculty of Education, Psychology and Sports Sciences, University of Huelva, 21071 Huelva, Spain

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 19, 1-14

Abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate the risk of dependency on physical exercise in individual sportspeople and the relationship with body dissatisfaction and motivation. Two hundred and twenty-five triathletes, swimmers, cyclists, and athletics competitors aged 18 to 63 years old took part in the study, of which 145 were men (M = 35.57 ± 10.46 years) and 80 were women (M = 32.83 ± 10.31 years). The EDS-R (Exercise Dependence Scale-Revised) was used to study dependency on exercising, the Body Shape Questionnaire (BSQ) was used to study body dissatisfaction, the Behaviour Regulation in Exercise Questionnaire (BREQ-3) was used to determine the participants’ motivation and the BIAQ was used to analyse conducts of avoidance to body image. The obtained results show that 8.5% of the subjects have a risk of dependency on exercise and 18.2% tend to have corporal dissatisfaction, without meaningful differences in the kind of sport they practiced. However, there were important differences concerning the dependency on physical exercise (15% vs. 4.8%) and body dissatisfaction (31.1% vs. 11%) in relation to sex, with the higher percentages referring to women. Introjected regulation and the conduct of food restriction were predictor variables of the dependency on exercise and corporal dissatisfaction. Also, the number and duration of sessions; the age of the participants; the integrated, introjected, and external regulations surrounding social activities; and eating restraints could all predict dependence on physical exercise (DPE).

Keywords: addiction; triathletes; body image; behaviour regulation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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