Examination of rhythmic gymnasts attitudes towards healthy nutrition and social physique concerns

Doğan, Duygu (author), Gündüz, Nevin (author), Tuncel, Semiyha (author)

The aim of this research is to examine rhythmic gymnastics athletes' attitudes towards healthy nutrition and their social physique concerns. The population of the study consists of active rhythmic gymnastics athletes aged 12 and above who have participated in competitions organized by the Turkish Gymnastics Federation for at least three years. The sample includes 90 volunteer rhythmic gymnastics athletes who meet these criteria. The Personal Information Form, Healthy Nutrition Attitude Scale, and Social Physique Anxiety Inventory were used as data collection tools. The Personal Information Form collected data regarding the athletes’ national athlete status, the age category in which they compete, and the number of years they have participated in rhythmic gymnastics competitions. A survey model was employed as the research method. The data were analyzed using SPSS 21 software. Descriptive statistics, Independent Samples t-test, One-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), and Pearson Correlation Analysis were applied. A statistically significant difference was found in athletes’ “Expectations of Negative Evaluation” scores based on years of competition and age category (p < 0.05). Additionally, according to the age category variable, statistically significant differences were observed in the “Emotion for Nutrition” and “Malnutrition” subdimensions (p < 0.05). A strong relationship was also found between athletes’ “Emotion for Nutrition” scores and their social physique concerns. As a result, it has been observed that as rhythmic gymnastics athletes grow older and gain more experience, their social physique concerns increase, malnutrition tendencies decrease, and their emotional engagement with nutrition improves.

• Language: English
• Keywords: sport, rhythmic gymnastics, healthy nutrition attitudes, social physique anxiety, performance athletes
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FŠ - Faculty of Sport
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2025
• Number of pages: Str. 317-329, 348
• Numbering: Vol. 17, iss. 2
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-183716
• UDC: 796.41
• ISSN on article: 1855-7171
• DOI: 10.52165/sgj.17.2.317-329
• COBISS.SI-ID: 274578435

Copyright

Podatek o licenci CC BY-SA 4.0 je naveden na pristajalni strani članka (glej zgoraj izvorni URL). (Datum opombe: 19. 6. 2026)

• Publication date in RUL: 19.06.2026

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Science of gymnastics journal
• Publisher: University of Ljubljana Press, Slovenia (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)
• ISSN: 1855-7171
• COBISS.SI-ID: 246418176

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• License: CC BY-SA 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Preverjanje odnosa ritmičark do zdrave in hranilne prehrane in družbenih bojazni

Abstract

Cilj raziskave je bil preučiti odnos ritmičark do zdrave prehrane in njihove skrbi glede družbeno pogojenega izgleda telesa. Vzorec so sestavljajo ritmičarke, stare 12 let in več, ki se vsaj tri leta udeležujejo tekmovanj, ki jih organizira Turška telovadna zveza. Vzorec vključuje 90 ritmičark, ki prostovoljno sodelujejo v raziskavi in izpolnjujejo merila. Kot orodja za zbiranje podatkov so bili uporabljeni obrazec z osebnimi podatki, lestvica odnosa do zdrave prehrane in seznam tesnobe zaradi družbeno pogojenega izgleda. Z obrazcem z osebnimi podatki smo zbirali podatke o narodnem statusu športnic, starostni kategoriji, v kateri tekmujejo, in številu let, ko sodelujejo na tekmovanjih v ritmiki. Kot raziskovalna metoda je bil uporabljen vprašalnik. Podatki so bili razčlenjeni s programsko opremo SPSS 21. Uporabljeni so bili opisna statistika, t-test neodvisnih vzorcev, enosmerna analiza variance (ANOVA) in Pearsonova korelacija. Ugotovljena je bila pomembna razlika v rezultatih »pričakovanj negativne ocene« športnic glede na leta tekmovanja in starostno kategorijo (p < 0,05). Poleg tega so bile glede na spremenljivko starostne kategorije opažene značilne razlike med »čustvi do prehrane« in »podhranjenostjo« (p < 0,05). Ugotovljena je bila tudi močna povezava med »čustvi do prehrane« in njihovimi skrbmi glede družbeno pogojenega izgleda. Posledično je bilo ugotovljeno, da s staranjem in pridobivanjem izkušenj ritmičarke povečujejo svoje skrbi glede družbeno pogojenega izgleda telesa, zmanjšujejo se nagnjenosti k podhranjenosti in izboljšuje njihova čustvena vključenost v prehrano.

• Keywords: šport, gimnastika, telovadba, ritmika, zdrav odnos do hranil, strah glede družbeno pogojenega izgleda, vrhunske tekmovalke