Plateau, Arcelus, Leung & Meyer Female Athlete Experiences Of Treatment EDJTP Accepted version.pdf (45.19 kB)
Female athlete experiences of seeking and receiving treatment for an eating disorder
journal contribution
posted on 2016-12-09, 13:34 authored by Carolyn PlateauCarolyn Plateau, Jon Arcelus, Newman Leung, Caroline MeyerClinical eating disorders are common among athletes; however research has yet to explore the process of seeking and receiving treatment for an eating disorder in this population. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with thirteen female athletes currently receiving treatment for an eating disorder. Three themes emerged: Challenges to treatment seeking; Feeling out of place and Coping with exercise transitions. Athletes reported low levels of eating disorder literacy and lacked motivation to engage with therapy due to a lack of perceived relevance. Athletes found it challenging to relinquish exercise behaviours in treatment and expressed concerns around managing a return to sport. It may be necessary to provide additional support to athletes when embarking on and leaving treatment programmes, particularly with regards to managing expectations about exercise.
History
School
- Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
Published in
Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment and PreventionVolume
TBCIssue
TBCPages
TBC - TBCCitation
PLEATEAU, C.R., 2017. Female athlete experiences of seeking and receiving treatment for an eating disorder. Eating Disorders, 25 (3), pp. 273-277.Publisher
© Taylor and FrancisVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
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This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Acceptance date
2016-11-17Publication date
2017Notes
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Eating Disorders on 4 Jan 2017, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/10640266.2016.1269551.ISSN
1064-0266eISSN
1532-530XPublisher version
Language
- en