Cosh, Suzanne

Crabb, Shona

LeCouteur, Amanda

Kettler, Lisa

2012-05-01

Regulation of athletes’ bodies is commonplace in sporting environments, despite evidence that athletes have a higher risk of developing disordered eating than non-athletes. This article explores how athletes’ bodies are regulated in practice, building on examinations of body surveillance in other contexts. Over 40 interactions occurring during body monitoring are analysed. Athletes, pre-emptively or following an explicit request, accounted for their body regulatory behaviours, also working to produce positive athlete identities. Failing to produce an account of improvement was interactionally problematic, making visible athletes’ accountability to the institute to regulate their bodies. Implications of body regulatory practices are discussed.

Journal of Health Psychology, 17(4), p. 610-622

1461-7277

1359-1053

21911437

https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/26980

en

Sage Publications Ltd

Accountability, monitoring and surveillance: Body regulation in elite sport

Journal Article

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