Addictive and Unhealthy Behaviors

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Addictive and Unhealthy Behaviors

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Addictive and Unhealthy Behaviors. Defining and Understanding Eating Disorders. Anorexia nervosa. A psychological disease characterized by an intense fear of becoming obese, a disturbed body image, a significant weight loss, the refusal to maintain normal body weight, and amenorrhea. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Addictive and Unhealthy Behaviors

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Defining and Understanding Eating Disorders

Anorexia nervosa

A psychological disease characterized by an intense fear of becoming obese, a disturbed body image, a significant weight loss, the refusal to maintain normal body weight, and amenorrhea.

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Characteristics of Anorexia Nervosa

• Weight loss to 15% below normal• Intense fear of gaining weight or being fat,

despite being underweight• Disturbance in one’s experience of body

weight, size, and shape• Females: absence of at least three

consecutive expected menstrual cycles

(APA, 1994)

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Understanding Anorexia Nervosa

• Anorexia is potentially deadly; it can lead to starvation and other medical complications such as heart disease.

• Affected individuals don’t see themselves as abnormal.

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Defining and Understanding Eating Disorders

Bulimia

An episodic eating pattern of uncontrollable food bingeing followed by purging, characterized by an awareness that the pattern is abnormal, fear of being unable to stop eating voluntarily, depressed mood, and self-deprecation.

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Characteristics of Bulimia

• Recurrent binge eating

• A sense of lacking control over eating behavior during the binges

• Engaging in regular self-induced vomiting, use of laxatives or diuretics, strict dieting or fasting, or vigorous exercise in order to prevent weight gain

• Average minimum of two binge-eating episodes a week for three months

• Persistent over-concern with body shape and weight

(APA, 1994)

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Understanding Bulimia

• Condition is severe but less severe than anorexia.

• Bulimia can lead to anorexia.

• Bulimic individuals are aware that they have a problem.

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Research on the Prevalenceof Eating Disorders in Sport

• Athletes appear to have a greater occurrence of eating-related problems (disordered eating) than does the general population.

• Female athletes, in general, report higher rates of eating disorders than male athletes, which is similar to rates for the general population.

• Athletes and non-athletes have similar eating-related symptoms.

• A significant percentage of athletes engage in pathogenic eating or weight loss behaviors (e.g., bingeing, fasting), although subclinical in intensity.

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Predisposing Factors

• Weight restrictions and standards• Coach and peer pressure• Sociocultural factors• Performance demands• Judging criteria

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Physical Signs of Eating Disorders

• Weight too low• Considerable weight loss• Extreme fluctuations in weight• Bloating• Swollen salivary glands• Amenorrhea

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Physical Signs of Eating Disorders

• Carotinemia—yellowish palms or soles of feet• Sores or calluses on knuckles or back or hand from

inducing vomiting• Hypoglycemia (low blood sugar)• Muscle cramps• Stomach complaints• Headaches, dizziness, or weakness from electrolyte

disturbances• Numbness and tingling in limbs from electrolyte

disturbances• Stress fractures

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Psychological–Behavioral Signsof Eating Disorders

• Excessive dieting

• Excessive eating without weight gain

• Excessive exercise that is not part of normal training program

• Guilt about eating

• Claims of feeling fat at normal weight despite reassurance from others

• Preoccupation with food

• Avoidance of eating in public and denial of hunger

• Hoarding food

• Disappearing after meals

• Frequent weighing

• Binge eating

• Evidence of self-induced vomiting

• Use of drugs such as diet pills, laxatives, and diuretics to control weight

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Dos and Don’ts for Dealing with Eating Disorders

• Do get help and advice from a specialist.

• Do be supportive and empathetic.

• Do express concern about general feelings, not specifically about weight.

• Do make referrals to a specific person and, when possible, make appointments for the individual.

• Do emphasize the importance of long-term good nutrition.

• Do provide information about eating disorders.

• Don’t ask the athlete to leave team or curtail participation, unless so instructed by a specialist.

• Don’t recommend weight loss or gain.

• Don’t hold team weigh-ins.

• Don’t single out or treat the individual differently from other participants.

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Making Referrals

• A person who has a rapport with the individual should schedule a private meeting to discuss the matter.

• Emphasize feelings rather than directly focusing on eating behaviors.

• Be supportive and keep all information confidential.

• Make a referral to a specific clinic or person.

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Preventing Eating Disordersin Athletes and Coaches

• Promote proper nutritional practices.• Focus on fitness, not body weight.• Be sensitive to weight issues.• Promote healthy management of weight.

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Substance Abuse

• 98% of elite athletes said they would take a banned performance-enhancing substance with two guarantees—they would not be caught and they would win.

• 60% said they would do so even if it meant they would die from the side effects.

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Defining Substance Abuse

Substance abuse

A maladaptive pattern of psychoactive substance use indicated by one of two patterns of use: continued use despite knowledge of having a persistent or recurring social, occupational, psychological, or physical problems that are caused or exacerbated by use of the psychoactive substance; or recurrent use in situations in which the use is physically hazardous (e.g., driving).

Some symptoms of the disturbance have persisted for at least one month or have occurred repeatedly over a longer period.

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Defining Drug Addiction

Drug addiction

A state in which either discontinuing or continual use of a drug create an overwhelming desire, need, and craving for more of the substance.

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Prevalence of Substance Abuse in Sports

Most studies have focused on alcohol and steroid use:

• Alcohol use: 55% to 92% of high school athletes; 87% to 88% of college athletes.

• Performance-enhancing drugs: reported use by 5% of high school and college athletes (40 to 60% among elite athletes).

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Steroid use a male and female thing:

• Traditionally, the use of performance-enhancing drugs such as steroids has been seen as predominantly a male domain.

• However, recent research has revealed that young girls (some as young as 9 years old) are using bodybuilding steroids—not necessarily to get an edge on the playing field but to get the toned, sculpted look of models and movie stars.

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Why Athletes and Exercisers Use Drugs

Physical reasons include wanting to:

- enhance performance,- rehabilitate injury,- look better, and- control appetite and lose weight,- escape from unpleasant emotions or stress,- build confidence or enhance self-esteem, and- seek thrills,- peer pressure and- emulating athletic heroes.

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Reducing the Probabilityof Substance Abuse (Prevention)

Change in behavior (lack of motivation, tardiness, absenteeism)Change in peer groupMajor change in personalityMajor change in performance (academic or athletic)Apathetic or listless behaviorImpaired judgmentPoor coordinationPoor hygiene and groomingProfuse sweatingMuscular twitches or tremors

Be aware of the warning signs of substance abuse:

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Addiction to Exercise

• Exercise addiction: A psychological or physiological dependence on a regular regimen of exercise that is characterized by withdrawal symptoms after 24 to 36 hours without exercise

• Positive addiction to exercise: A condition in which exercise is viewed as important in one’s life but is successfully integrated with other aspects of life (healthy habit)

• Negative addiction to exercise: A condition in which life becomes structured around exercise to such an extent that home and work responsibilities suffer

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Preventing Negative Addiction to Exercise

• Schedule rest days.• Work out regularly with a slower partner.• If you’re injured, stop exercising until healed.• Train hard–easy: Mix in low intensity and less distance with days of

harder training.• If interested in health aspect, exercise three or four times a week for

30 minutes.• Set realistic short- and long-term goals.

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Prevalence of Compulsive Gambling

• 72% of NCAA Division I football and basketball athletes engage in some form of gambling.

• 12% of male and 3% of female college athletes have problematic/pathological gambling problems.

• 6% to 8% of college students are compulsive gamblers.

• A 2003 NCAA study showed that 35% of male athletes and 10% of female athletes bet on college sports, and approximately 60% of NCAA Division I and 40% of Division III athletes did not know the NCAA rules about gambling.

• 6% to 8% of college students are compulsive gamblers.

• Gambling by high school students is thought to be widespread.

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Signs of Compulsive Gambling

Keys• Identification is next to impossible.

• Use the following Gamblers Anonymous 20 Questions for self-identification.

• Sport psychology professionals should make referrals when negative consequences appear.

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