Kyle P De Young1, Drew A Anderson. 1. Department of Psychology, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY, USA. kd897738@albany.edu
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence and correlates of exercising in response to negative affect. METHOD: Participants (N = 177) completed questionnaires assessing affect before and after exercise, exercise quality and quantity, eating behaviors and attitudes, body image, and self-esteem. RESULTS: Fifty-eight percent of participants endorsed ever exercising in response to negative affect. As a group, these individuals were more likely to report self-induced vomiting, binge eating, and fasting over the previous 4 weeks. They also showed poorer body image and self-esteem, and their exercise was more obligatory and impairing. Groups did not differ on body mass index or quantity of exercise. DISCUSSION: Negative affect motivated exercise appears to be a common phenomenon that is associated with eating disordered behavior.
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence and correlates of exercising in response to negative affect. METHOD:Participants (N = 177) completed questionnaires assessing affect before and after exercise, exercise quality and quantity, eating behaviors and attitudes, body image, and self-esteem. RESULTS: Fifty-eight percent of participants endorsed ever exercising in response to negative affect. As a group, these individuals were more likely to report self-induced vomiting, binge eating, and fasting over the previous 4 weeks. They also showed poorer body image and self-esteem, and their exercise was more obligatory and impairing. Groups did not differ on body mass index or quantity of exercise. DISCUSSION: Negative affect motivated exercise appears to be a common phenomenon that is associated with eating disordered behavior.
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