The Relationship between Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Eating Habits among Taekwando Athletes

Martin, Triston John (2022) The Relationship between Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Eating Habits among Taekwando Athletes. Final Year Project (Bachelor), Tunku Abdul Rahman University College.

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Abstract

Taekwondo is a modern sport from the 20th century which resonated from karatedo and was introduced to Korea after the second world war by the Koreans who came back from Japan. A study by Brito et al. (2012) observed that most of these martial arts athletes reduce their body mass before competition and the prevalence of weight loss practices can range shockingly between 63.3% to 88.9%. The demands placed on the athletes to qualify within a specific weight category in taekwondo may trigger an athlete to be obsessed with their body mass. The demands placed on the athletes to qualify within a specific weight category in taekwondo may trigger an athlete to be obsessed with their body mass. As elucidated by Maina et al. (2004), which reported that obsessive compulsive disorder can directly affect an individual’s weight. The strive for perfection could give a false sense of what is ideal and how their weight is perceived perfect, and because of that the athletes will become more obsessed with their weight (Maina et al.,2004). This present study aims to study the association and the effect based on the demographic data between eating disorder and Obsessive compulsive disorder in Taekwondo athletes Data was collected from a sample of 86 Taekwondo athletes from 5 different taekwondo clubs. A self-administered questionnaire was distributed via google forms. The results revealed that based on the Pearson correlation there is no relationship between eating disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder among Taekwondo athletes. Furthermore it was understood that there was no significant difference between eating disorder subscales mean scores based on the demographic information of Taekwondo athletes. Finally , from the results it can be observed that there was no significant difference between obsessive compulsive subscales mean scores based on the demographic information of Taekwondo athletes