Behavioral and Psychological Aspects of Exercise Across Stages of Eating Disorder Recovery

Authors

Anna M. Bardone-Cone, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
M. K. Higgins, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Sara M. St George, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Ilyssa Rosenzweig, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Lauren M. Schaefer, University of South Florida
Ellen E. Fitzsimmons-Craft, Washington University School of Medicine
Taylor M. Henning, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Brittany F. Preston, University of Missouri-St. Louis

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2016

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.1080/10640266.2016.1207452

Abstract

This study examined the relationship between behavioral and psychological aspects of exercise and eating disorder recovery. Participants were categorized as having an eating disorder (n = 53), partially recovered (n = 15), fully recovered (n = 20), or non-eating disorder controls (n = 67). Groups did not differ significantly in time spent exercising, but did differ in exercise intensity, guilt-related exercise, obsessive exercise cognitions, and appearance/weight management and stress/mood management motivations for exercise. Results support the importance of measuring psychological aspects of exercise in particular across the course of an eating disorder.

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Citation / Publisher Attribution

Eating Disorders, v. 24, issue 5, p. 424-439

This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Eating Disorders on 27 Jul 2016, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/10640266.2016.1207452.

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