ArticleEating and weight disorders : EWD2022
Perfectionistic self-presentation and orthorexia in exercisers.
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- Multidimensional perfectionism and orthorexia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2024Pooled it
- From health to harm: Cross-sectional analysis of factors associated with orthorexia nervosa.Neuroscience applied · 2026Article
- Assessment of the Risk of Orthorexia Nervosa and Attitudes Towards Their Own Bodies among Amateur and Professional Soccer Players.Journal of human kinetics · 2025Article
- Patterns of implicit and explicit identity as a vegan or vegetarian in predicting healthy orthorexia and orthorexia nervosa.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2025Article
- Striving for the perfect diet? The mediating role of perfectionism in the relationship between obsessive compulsive symptoms and traits of Orthorexia Nervosa.Journal of eating disorders · 2024Article
- Excessive health behaviors in sports: links of orthorexia nervosa and exercise addiction with well-being, exercise activity in sports categories, and gender effects.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- Assessing the presence and motivations of orthorexia nervosa among athletes and adults with eating disorders: a cross-sectional study.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2023Article
- Prevalence of Risk for Orthorexia in Athletes Using the ORTO-15 Questionnaire: A Systematic Mini-Review.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Review
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Abstract
purposeThe present study aimed to provide the first examination of whether perfectionistic self-presentation-an interpersonal expression of perfectionism-is related to orthorexia.
methodsWe recruited a sample of 150 exercisers (Mean age = 27.7 years). Participants completed the Perfectionistic Self-Presentation Scale and the ORTO-15 on a single occasion.
resultsTwo dimensions of perfectionistic self-presentation-perfectionistic self-promotion and nondisplay of imperfection-showed significant positive correlations with orthorexia. In addition, in multiple regression analyses controlling for the overlap between dimensions, perfectionistic self-promotion emerged as the strongest and only significant predictor of orthorexia.
conclusionPerfectionistic self-presentation is positively associated with orthorexia in exercisers. Perfectionistic self-promotion-a need to portray an image of perfection to others-is primarily responsible for this relationship. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Cross-sectional study, Level V.
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