Relationship Among Body Dissatisfaction, Eating Disorders with Stages of Change for Physical Activity Behavior in Female Students

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between body dissatisfaction and eating disorders with stages of change for physical activity in Tabriz university female students. This research was description-correlation. Based on random sampling, 360 persons were selected and completed the eating disorders EAT-26 (garner and Garfinkel 1979), body dissatisfaction (Avchnr et al 2009) and physical activity staging (Marcus 2003) questionnaires. Obtained data from 280 questionnaires with using of Pearson correlation, Spearman correlation and one way ANOVA tests were analyzed in 0.05 alpha levels. Findings showed significant and positive relationship between eating disorders and body dissatisfaction (r=0.124, sig=0.039). Also, there was significant relationship between eating disorders and stages of change for physical activity (r=0.346, sig=0.001) but, there was not significant relationship between body dissatisfaction and stages of change for physical activity (r=0.108, sig=0.072). The results of ANOVA showed the eating disorders and body dissatisfaction in different stages of change for physical activity was significantly different. The results showed with progressed in between stages of change for physical activity, the rate of eating disorders was increased. Also the rate of body dissatisfaction is great in mid stages of stages of change for physical activity.