Effects of Achievement Goals on Female Aesthetic Athletes' Disordered Eating Attitudes

Stéphanie Scoffier-Mériaux (1) , Karine Corrion (1) , Fabienne d'Arripe-Longueville (2)

1 LAMHESS - Laboratoire Motricité Humaine Expertise Sport Santé
2 UNS - Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019)

Objective: This study examined how achievement goals are related to athletes' eating disorders. Method: The sample consisted of 196 female adolescents involved in aesthetic sports at an elite level. Data were examined through structural equation modeling. Results: The data showed that performance-avoidance goals were negatively related to eating disorders, whereas both performance-approach and mastery-avoidance goals positively predicted these disorders. These findings indicate that performance-approach and mastery-avoidance goals may be risk factors for the development of eating disorders, whereas performance-avoidance goals may have protective effects.

Keywords: Achievement motivation; Eating disorders; Elite sport

Keywords: Motivation d’accomplissement; Désordres alimentaires; Sport d’élite

Domains: Psychology

Stéphanie Scoffier-Mériaux, Karine Corrion, Fabienne d'Arripe-Longueville. Effects of Achievement Goals on Female Aesthetic Athletes' Disordered Eating Attitudes. Science & Sports, 2013, ⟨10.1016/j.scispo.2013.04.001⟩. ⟨hal-02524808⟩