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Published in final edited form as: Int J Eat Disord. 2022 Jun 4;55(7):861–885. doi: 10.1002/eat.23748

Table 1.

Study and Effect Size Information

Author(s) Effect Size(s) g Athlete Group(s) n Control Group(s) n Sport Level Mean Age ED Measures
Abbott et al. (2021) −0.36e (NA)
70 138 Elite/Expert 24.5 EAT26e
Ashley et al. (1996) −.238a
−.034b
−.116e
145 14 Collegiate 19.2 EDI2-BDa
EDI2-DTb
EDI2-Be
Bachner-Melman et al. (2006)
−.173a (A)
−.083b (A)
−.058e (A)
−.451a
−.350b
−.181e
111 (A)
68
248 NR 21.17 EDI2-BDa
EDI2-DTb, SATAQ-TIb
EAT26e
Bert et al. (2019) −.371c 82 57 NR 26.70 EHQc, ORTO15c
Brooks-Gunn et al. (1988) .421c (A)
.514e (A)
161(A) 424 Combined 15.66 EAT26-Dc, EAT26-OCc
EAT26e, EAT26-Be
Byrne & McLean (2002) .004a (A)
.836b (A)
.939c (A)
.632e (A)
.115a (NA)
.272b (NA)
.423c (NA)
.255e (NA)
93 (A)
61 (NA)
154 Elite/Expert
Elite/Expert
18.05 EDI2-BDa
EDI2-DTb
TFEQ-Rc
EDI2-Be, BUILTRe
Carvalhais et al. (2019)* −.108a
.322c
.143d
.049e
372 372 Elite/Expert 21.00 EDEQ-Sa, EDEQ-Wa
EDEQ-Rc
EDEQ-ECd
EDEQe
Costarelli & Stamou (2009) .094a (A)
.134e (A)
14 (A) 32 Elite/Expert 19.67 MBSRQ-OPa
EAT26e
Darcy et al. (2013a) −.062a
.020c
−.092d
.054e
544 429 Combined 20.82 EDEQ-Sa, EDEQ-Wa
EDEQ-Rc
EDEQ-ECd
EDEQe
Davis & Cowles (1989) −.323a (A)
.163b (A)
−.109e (A)
−.903a (NA)
−.366b (NA)
−.445e (NA)
64 (A)
62 (NA)
64 Combined 20.67 EDI-BDa
EDI-DTb
EDI-Be
Davison et al. (2002) .201a (A)
−.311a
174 (A)
57
158 NR 6.00 WCa
de Oliveira Coelho et al. (2013)* −.638a (NA)
−.321e (NA)
24 (NA) 21 Combined 15.09 BSQa
BITEe, EAT26e
DiBartolo & Shaffer (2002) −.688a
−.560e
94 115 Collegiate 19.10 EDI-BDa
EAT26e
Doyle-Lucas et al. (2010) .549c (A)
.652d (A)
.460e (A)
15 (A) 15 Elite/Expert 24 TFEQ-Rc
TFEQ-Dd
EAT26e
Ferrand et al. (2009) 1.244e (A)
103 (A) 49 Elite/Expert 16.10 EAT26e
Fortes et al. (2014)* −.876c
1.524e
116 199 Combined 13.64 EAT26-Dc, EAT26-OCc
EAT26e, EAT26-Be
Francisco et al. (2013) .230a (A)
.439c (A)
.530d (A)
.362e (A)
60 (A) 82 Elite/Expert 14.78 EDEQ-Sa, EDEQ-Wa
EDEQ-Rc
EDEQ-ECd
EDEQe
Gaines & Burnett (2014) −6.336e 58 196 Collegiate 20.8 EATe
Goldfield (2009) −.130a (A)
.183b (A)
.647e (A)
20 (A) 25 NR 26.80 EDI-BDa
EDI-DTb
EDI-Be
Goodwin et al. (2016) −.393a
−.212b
−.126e
123 126 Combined 14.80 EDI2-BDa
EDI2-DTb
EDI2-Be
Grupski (2010) −.220a
−.149b
178 361 Combined 20.43 SPASa
DISb, EDI2-DTb
Haase & Prapavessis (2001) −.112a (A)
.517e (A)
−.381a (NA)
−.159e (NA)
123 (A)
75 (NA)
53 Elite/Expert
19.04 SPASa
EATe
Hausenblas & Mack (1999) −.796a (A)
−.444b (A)
0e (A)
−.145a (NA)
.092b (NA)
.079e (NA)
36 (A)
39 (NA)
39 Combined
17.02 EDI2-BDa, SPASa
EDI2-DTb
EDI2-Be
Hausenblas & McNally (2004) −.724a
−.374b
−.397e
140 95 Combined 20.28 EDI2-BDa
EDI2-DTb
EDI2-Be
Heradstveit et al. (2020)* −.116e 2716 2416 NR NR EDS5e
Hoch et al. (2009) −.161e
80 80 HS/Club 16.50 EAT26e
Holm-Denoma et al. (2009) Collegiate
.365a
−.029b
.232e
HS/Club
.597a
−.090b
.223e
43
60
171 Collegiate
HS/Club
19.00 EDI-BDa
EDI-DTb
EDI-Be
Hulley et al. (2007) United Kingdom
−.372a (A)
−.119c (A)
−.148d (A)
−.272e (A)
Kenya
−.391a (A)
−.057c (A)
−.353d (A)
−.068e (A)
82 (A)
75 (A)
97
101
Elite/Expert 20.80 EDEQ-Sa, EDEQ-Wa
EDEQ-Rc
EDEQ-ECd
EDEQe
Jankauskiene & Baceviciene* (2019) .152a
.001e
108 191 NR 17.2 MBSRQ-OPa
EAT26e
Jankauskiene et al. (2020)* 0a
.257b
.254e
136 252 NR 16.9 EDI3-BDa
EDI3-DTb
EDEQe


Jeong et al. (2011) .030a (A)
−.034b (A)
.429c (A)
.296d (A)
.222e (A)
.071a (NA)
−.082b (NA)
−.018c (NA)
−.096d (NA)
−.023e (NA)
Elite
.064a
−.073b
.214c
.118d
.114e
Collegiate
−.012a
−.041b
.276c
.139d
.104e
211 (A)
167 (NA)
284
94
567 Combined
Combined
Elite
Collegiate
20.1 KEDEQ-Sa, EDEQ-Wa, EDI2-BDa
EDI2-DTb, SATAQ-Ib
KEDEQ-Rc
KEDEQ-ECd
KEDEQe
Kong & Harris (2015)
Elite
.614c (A)
.594e (A)
.156c (NA)
.077e (NA)
Combined
.216c (A)
.138e (A)
.046c (NA)
−.086e (NA)
80 (A)
48 (NA)
59 (A)
53 (NA)
35
45
Elite
Combined
21.7 EAT26-Dc, EAT26-OCc
EAT26e, EAT26-Be
Krane et al. (2001) −.325a (NA)
−.322b(NA)
−.108e (NA)
−.300a
−.272b
−.034e
114 (NA)
81
177 Collegiate 19.65 EDI-BDa, SPASa
EDI-DTb
EDI-Be
Latu (2021) −.296a (A)
.024c (A)
.519e (A)
53 (A) 253 NR 32.68 MBSRQ-OPa
EAT26-Dc, EAT26-OCc
EAT26-Be
Mathisen et al. (2020) .261e (A)
25 (A) 26 Elite/Expert 28.9 EDEQe
Michou & Costarelli (2011) .057c (NA)
.029e (NA)
74 (NA) 80 Elite/Expert 25.07 EAT26-Dc, EAT26-OCc
EAT26e, EAT26-Be
Monthuy-Blanc et al. (2012) .278a (A)
.449b (A)
−.176e (A)
−.007a (NA)
.112b (NA)
−.234e (NA)
50 (A)
41 (NA)
47 Combined Combined 14.11 EDI-BDa
EDI-DTb
EDI-Be
Morringson et al. (2006) −.039a 143 100 Combined 15.76 MBSRQ- OPa
Muia et al. (2016) .056b (A)
.295c (A)
61 (A) 49 Combined NR EDI3-DTb
TFEQ-Rc
Okano et al. (2005) Japan
.558c (A)
.702e (A)
China
.179c (A)
.095e (A)
238 (A)
272 (A)
593
147
Combined NR EAT26-Dc, EAT26-OCc
EAT26e, EAT26-Be
Ozedengul et al., (2021) .038c 46 312 Elite 29.12 ORTO-Rc
Palermo & Rancout (2021)* Study 1
−.421a
−.069c
−.270d
−.324e
Study 2
−.530a
−.266c
−.176d
200
89
240
136
NR 20.94 EDEQ-Sa, EDEQ-Wa
EPSI-BDa
EDEQ-Rc
EPSI-CR, EPSI-Rc
EDEQ-Ed
EPSI-BEd
EDEQe
Petisco-Rodriguez et al. (2020) −.361c (A)
−.408e (A)
−.282c (NA)
−.331e (NA)
40 (A)
40 (NA)
40 Elite/Expert 17.2 EAT40-Dc, EAT40-OCc
EAT40-Be, SCOFFe
Pritchard et al. (2007) .020a
.755e
106 206 Collegiate 21.36 BSQa
EAT26e
Reinking & Alexander (2005) .255a (A)
.149b (A)
−.188e(A)
−.603a (NA)
−.500b (NA)
−.538e (NA)
16 (A)
68 (NA)
62 Collegiate 19.95 EDI2-BDa
EDI2-DTb
EDI2-Be
Rhea et al. (1999) −.159a
−.056b
−.032e
477 383 HS/Club 15.5 EDI-BDa
EDI-DTb
EDI-Be
Robinson & Ferraro (2004) −.880a (NA)
−.784b (NA)
−.009e (NA)
−.938a
−.566b
.215e
16 (NA)
37
55 Collegiate 19.90 EDI-BDa
EDI-DTb
EDI-Be
Rosendahl et al. (2009)* −.339e
210 171 Combined 15.80 EAT26e
Rouveix et al. (2007) .139c (A)
.863e (A)
12 (A) 14 Elite/Expert 18.70 EAT26-Dc, EAT26-OCc
EAT26e, EAT26-Be
Schwarz et al. (2005) −.517a 55 48 Collegiate 20.53 EDI-BDa
Somasundaram & Burgess (2008) .016a (A)
−.086e (A)
−.157a
0e
44 (A)
230
204 NR 19.31 EDI-BDa
EAT26e
Steinfeldt et al. (2011) −.374b
78 65 Collegiate 19.74 CFNI45-Tb
Thiemann et al. (2015) −.106a (A)
.569b (A)
.348e (A)
−.148a (NA)
−.156b (NA)
−.233e (NA)
46 (A)
57 (NA)
46
57
Elite/Expert
19.58 EDI2-BDa
EDI2-DTb
EDEQe
Torstveit & Sundgot-Borgen (2005)* −.396a
−.204b
623 569 Elite/Expert 24.3 EDI-BDa
EDI-DTb
Wollenberg et al. (2015) −.429c
−.376e
151 376 Collegiate 19.67 EAT26-Dc, EAT26-OCc
EAT26e, EAT26-Be

Zucker et al. (1999) .109a (A)
.522b (A)
.124e (A)
−.754a
−.299b
−.106e
37 (A)
33
62 Collegiate 20.3 BSQa, EDI2-BDa
EDI2-DTb
EDI2-Be

Note. EAT= eating attitudes test; EAT-D= eating attitudes test- dieting; EAT-OC= eating attitudes test- oral control ; EAT-B= eating attitudes test- bulimia and food preoccupation; EDI= eating disorder inventory; EDI-BD= eating disorder inventory- body dissatisfaction ;EDI-DT= eating disorder inventory- drive for thinness; EDI-B= eating disorder inventory- bulimia; SATAQ-TI= social attitudes toward appearance scale- thin internalization; EHQ= eating habits questionnaire; TFEQ-R= three-factor eating questionnaire- dietary restraint; TFEQ-D= three factor eating questionnaire- disinhibition; BUILTR= bulimia test- revised; BUILTR-WC= bulimia test-revised- weight concern; BUILTR-DF= bulimia test-revised-dieting frequency; EDEQ= eating disorder examination- questionnaire; EDEQ-S= eating disorder examination questionnaire- shape concern; EDEQ-W= eating disorder examination questionnaire- weight concern; EDEQ-EC= eating disorder examination questionnaire- eating concern; EDEQ-R= eating disorder examination questionnaire- restraint; WC= weight concern scale; BITE= bulimia investigatory test edinburgh; BSQ= body shape questionnaire; SPAS= social physique anxiety scale; DIS= dietary intent scale; EDS= eating disorder symptoms; MBSRQ-OP= multidimensional body-self relations questionnaire- overweight preoccupation; EPSI-BD= eating pathology symptoms inventory; EPSI-CR= eating pathology symptoms inventory-cognitive restraint; EPSI-BE = eating pathology symptoms inventory- binge eating; CFNI45-T= confirmatory to feminine norms inventory- thin internalization; A= aesthetic athletes; NA= non-aesthetic athletes.

a

body dissatisfaction measure or effect size

b

drive for thinness measure or effect size

c

restricting measure or effect size

d

loss-of-control eating measure or effect size

e

overall eating-disorder psychopathology measure or effect size