Iranian Journal of Motor Behavior and Sport Psychology

The relationship between perfectionism and exercise addiction and fear of body image in women

10.22034/ijmbsp.2024.485982.1114
Volume 4, Issue 3
Autumn 2024
Pages 50-56
Iranian Journal of Motor Behavior and Sport Psychology

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Maedeh Akhoondzadeh 1
Nazanin JalaliMohammadabadi 2
Hossein Samadih 3

1 1*Master's student in motor behavior, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Department of Sports Sciences, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran.

2 Master's student in motor behavior, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Department of Sports Sciences, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran

3 Associate Professor, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Department of Sports Sciences, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran

Abstract
Negative perfectionism means setting personal standards at a very high level, which affects people's mental health, relationships and performance. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between perfectionism and exercise addiction and and fear of body imag in female athletes. The current research was a descriptive and correlational research. The statistical population of the research was the women who participated in the sports programs of sports clubs in Yazd city, and 114 of them were selected as a statistical sample in convenient method. In this research, the multidimensional perfectionism scale questionnaire (Hoyt and Felt, 1991), the exercise addiction checklist of Sazebou and Griffiths (2004) and the fear of body image questionnaire of Littleton et al. (2005) were used. For data analysis, descriptive statistics, Kolmogorov-Smirnov test were used to check data normality and Pearson correlation coefficient. The results showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between perfectionism and exercise addiction (r=0.53, p=0.01) and fear of body image (r=0.36, p=0.01) in female athletes. According to the results, it is suggested that coaches consider perfectionism in determining the goals of athletes.

Keywords

perfectionism
body image
exercise addiction
Women
Subjects
  • Receive Date 29 September 2024
  • Revise Date 13 November 2024
  • Accept Date 16 November 2024

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