@article {Morissette:2015:2326-4403:378,
title = "Determinants of Restrictive Dietary Behaviors among Female High School Athletes",
journal = "Health Behavior and Policy Review",
parent_itemid = "infobike://psp/hbpr",
publishercode ="psp",
year = "2015",
volume = "2",
number = "5",
publication date ="2015-09-01T00:00:00",
pages = "378-387",
itemtype = "ARTICLE",
issn = "2326-4403",
eissn = "2326-4403",
url = "https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/psp/hbpr/2015/00000002/00000005/art00006",
doi = "doi:10.14485/HBPR.2.5.6",
keyword = "WEIGHT CONCERN, HIGH SCHOOL FEMALE ATHLETES, RESTRICTIVE DIETARY BEHAVIORS, THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR",
author = "Morissette, {\’E}liane and Laram{\’e}e, Catherine and Drapeau, Vicky and Couture, Steven and Valois, Pierre and Goulet, Claude and Provencher, V{\’e}ronique and Lamarche, Beno{\^ı}t",
abstract = "
Objectives:
This study assessed the determinants of intention to adopt restrictive dietary behaviors to lose weight among high school female athletes. 
Methods:
Female athletes (N = 255) and non-athlete controls (N = 91) completed a questionnaire based on
the theory of planned behavior. 
Results:
Intention to adopt restrictive dietary behaviors to lose weight, which had a prevalence of 22%-29% among athletes and controls, was correlated primarily with attitude towards this behavior (R2 = 45%, p < .0001). Attitude
was in turn correlated with improvement in appearance (R2 = 37%, p 
Conclusions:
Improvement in appearance is a key belief to address in interventions aimed at decreasing the intention to use restrictive dietary behaviors to lose weight among adolescent
female athletes.",
}