A túlsúlyos személyekkel szembeni explicit és implicit attitűdök a rendellenes étkezési mintázatok tükrében

Vizsgálatunk célja, hogy rávilágítson a túlsúlyos személyekkel szembeni implicit, valamint explicit attitűdök feltételezett különbözőségére, figyelembe véve a rendellenes étkezéses viselkedést. Az explicit előítéletek vizsgálata során fókuszba kerültek továbbá a nemi, valamint életkori különbségek. Vizsgálati eszközként az implicit attitűdök felmérésére a Szemantikus Szelekciós Tesztet alkalmaztuk, mely az egyes jelentések kapcsolatát vizsgáló félprojektív mérőeljárás. Az explicit attitűdök feltérképezésére szolgált az Attitudes Toward Obese Persons (ATOP) skála. Az étkezési rendellenességekkel kapcsolatos viselkedéses vonásokat pedig az Eating Disorders Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q) kérdőívvel mértük fel. Hozzáférés alapú mintavételt alkalmazva összesen 62 fő (40 férfi, 22 nő) adatait rögzítettük. Eredményeink alátámasztották azon feltételezésünket, miszerint a túlsúllyal szembeni implicit, illetve explicit attitűdök között nem áll fenn számottevő kapcsolat, ezek egymástól független konstruktumok. A rendellenes étkezéses mintázatok jelenléte nem befolyásolta szignifikánsan sem az implicit, sem az explicit negatív attitűdök erősségét. Igazolást nyert továbbá hipotézisünk, miszerint a nők körében erőteljesebben jelenik meg a rendellenes étkezéses viselkedés, valamint hogy a korosabb személyek kevésbé negatív explicit viszonyulást fejeznek ki a túlsúlyosokkal szemben

College baseball players’ perception of their team climate and mental health

The purpose of this study, grounded in the Achievement Goal Perspective Theory (AGPT) and a Caring framework, was to examine the extent that collegiate baseball players’ perceptions of their team climate (i.e., caring, task-, and ego-involving climate) predict their mental well-being. Baseball players (N = 127) completed measures assessing perceptions of team climate (Perceived Motivational Climate in Sport Questionnaire, Caring Climate Scale) and mental well-being (World Health Organization-Five Well-Being Index). Spearman correlation analysis revealed a positive relationship between the caring and task-involving climate scales, and mental well-being, respectively. In a full entry model linear regression, caring climate emerged as a positive predictor of mental well-being, explaining 25% of the variance of athletes’ mental well-being scores. The findings suggest that encouraging coaches to foster a caring and task-involving climate might assist in enhancing collegiate athletes’ mental well-being. Athletes perceiving a high caring and task-involving environment are more likely to experience improved mental well-being.Our research was supported in part by the Wu Tsai Foundation

Orthorexia nervosa and exercise addiction – or excessive healthism

We aimed to examine orthorexia nervosa (ON) from a trans-diagnostic perspective, pointing out the possible similarities and common maintaining mechanisms with eating disorders (EDs). Furthermore, we hypothesized a positive relationship between ON and exercise addiction. We examined both sexes to explore whether ON is more prevalent among women than men. We also studied a wider population (in terms of age and education) to see possible discrepancies regarding ON

Diagnosztikai esettanulmány

Diagnosztikai esettanulmányomban a beteg állapotának felmérése történt interjúk, valamint tesztek segítségével a feltett klinikai kérdések mentén

An analysis of the relationship between stigmatization of overweight people and pathological eating patterns

This study was aimed at revealing the relationship between pathological eating patterns and the expression of negative explicit attitudes towards overweight people. Further aim was to examine the importance of other factors possibly influencing stigmatization such as body weight, body image satisfaction, attribution (as influenced by external sources of information), and gender differences frequently addressed in related studies. Eating disorders were assessed with the validated Hungarian adaptation of the EDE-Q, while explicit attitudes were measured with the ATOP and BAOP scales. Participants were presented with one of two texts relating overweight to different causes, which were designed to manipulate their explicit attitudes towards overweight people. Body image satisfaction was assessed with one specifically designed item. Data were collected from 500 participants (436 females, 64 males) by convenience sampling. The results showed that women but not men with pathological eating behaviours were more likely to express negative explicit attitudes towards overweight people and to believe that overweight is controllable. Body image dissatisfaction proved an important factor contributing to pathological eating patterns, while BMI was a less important moderating factor. The results confirmed that participants with severer eating pathology were more susceptible to manipulation of their views on overweight, and that having high body weight did not exclude the expression of negative explicit prejudice against overweight. The results revealed important gender differences