COMPARISION OF ANORECTIC BEHAVIOURS OF FEMALE STUDENTS FROM SECONDARY SPORTS AND COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOLS
Journal Title: Medycyna Sportowa - Year 2009, Vol 25, Issue 6
Abstract
[b]Background.[/b] The aim of this study was to compare anorectic behaviours of female students from secondary sports and comprehensive schools in Poznań taking into account their level of anorexia readiness syndrome (ARS).[b]Material and methods.[/b] Questionnaires on ARS, socio-demographic characteristics and sports experience were filled in by 195 female third-grade students who attended secondary schools in Poznań, including 71 sports school students and 124 comprehensive school students. Students from sports schools practised team sports. Statistical analysis was carried out by means of the SPSS 12.0 PL for Windows computer programme[b]Results.[/b] The variable type of school-ARS level had statistically significant impact on answers to twenty one questions, including nineteen out of twenty questions connected with anorectic behaviours and two questions concerning socio-demographic characteristics and sports experience of the studied girls. In comprehensive schools a higher percentage of female students showing low ARS level was observed whereas in sports schools a higher percentage of students showing medium and high ARS level was observed. In both types of school the higher the ARS level, the higher percentage of girls showing anorectic behaviours was observed.[b]Conclusions. [/b]A higher percentage of girls showing high ARS level was observed among sports school students in comparison to comprehensive school students although the former ones did not practise either weight dependent or aesthetic disciplines. The fact that the higher the ARS level, the higher percentage of unfavourable anorectic behaviours was observed shows the need to introduce as soon as possible the proposition of the National Programme for Prevention and Treatment of Eating Disorders which we proposed in our previous article. Practical knowledge of human nutrition, aimed at the ability to plan a balanced diet, should be incorporated in the school curricula. School psychologists should involve more actively in the educational process, especially in terms of perceiving one’s own attractiveness by female students. Parents should reduce criticism and ease control of their daughters, show them acceptance and help in solving their everyday problems.
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Wojciech Chalcarz, Monika Radzimirska-Graczyk, Bernadeta Surosz
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