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Caring about injustice: the moral self-perceptions of professional female bodybuilders

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This article examines the moral orientations of female bodybuilders when considering standardized and self-identified moral issues related to bodybuilding. Findings indicate that women bodybuilders use reasoning that incorporates care and justice considerations while deliberating about both types of moral issues.

Author: Fisher, Leslee, Bredemeier, Brenda J. L.
Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers, Inc.
Publication Name: Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0895-2779
Year: 2000
Statistical Data Included, Research, Ethics, Self-perception, Self image, Reasoning, Women bodybuilders, Judgment (Ethics)

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Elite female athletes with eating disorders: a study of psychopathological characteristics

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This article examines a comparison of female athletes and female non-athletes with eating disorders. The author argues that no differences were found among athletes and non-athletes, which suggests athletes who develop eating disorders have similar psychological profiles as others with the same disorder.

Author: Davis, Caroline, Strachan, Shaelyn
Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers, Inc.
Publication Name: Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0895-2779
Year: 2001
Analysis, Eating disorders, Psychiatric research, Women athletes

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The effects of goal involvement on moral behavior in an experimentally manipulated competitive setting

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Motivational involvement was manipulated to illuminate differences in moral behavior. The findings can be used to counter unsportsmanlike behaviors and aid character development in sportspersons.

Author: Kavussanu, Maria, Sage, Luke
Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers, Inc.
Publication Name: Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0895-2779
Year: 2007
Behavior, Athletes

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