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- Title
Factores de la personalidad y fisicoculturismo: Indicadores asociados a la vigorexia.
- Authors
Castro-López, Rosario; Molero, David; Cachón-Zagalaz, Javier; Zagalaz-Sánchez, María Luisa
- Abstract
The present study deals with different aspects of the personality of the athlete which can be decisive for the competition or sports practice, as well as for the appearance of pathologies related to physical exercise. To this it must be added the certainty that there are sports that tend to "demand" a few different personal characteristics, as it is the case of bodybuilding. The objective is to present an approach to the profile of an athlete's musclebuilding and personality factors associated with the occurrence of possible pathologies related to sports, like reverse anorexia. The sample was constituted by 154 bodybuilding sportsmen in the province of Jaen, collecting data through auto-applied personality (Costa and McCrae, 1999) and reverse anorexia (Adonis: Baile, 2005) questionnaires. The results show how these factors can be closely linked to body image concerns, which may become pathological. Aspects reflected in the study clarify the knowledge on the studied subject and invite to work in the prevention and treatment of athletes.
- Subjects
BODYBUILDERS; MUSCLE dysmorphia; PERSONALITY; BODYBUILDING; PATHOLOGICAL psychology; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Journal of Sport Psychology / Revista de Psicología del Deporte, 2014, Vol 23, Issue 2, p295
- ISSN
1132-239X
- Publication type
Article