“It’s hard to find balance when you're broken”: exploring female endurance athletes’ psychological experience of recovery from relative energy deficiency in sport (RED-S)
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Recent qualitative studies involving mainly subelite endurance athletes report that LEA from intentional or unintentional origins can be associated with short-term positive results such as performance improvements or social approval.
“Recent qualitative studies 1 67 involving mainly subelite endurance athletes provide support for this premise, reporting that LEA from intentional (eg, weight regulation) or unintentional (eg, failing to consciously increase EI with increased EEE) origins can be associated with short-term positive results such as performance improvements or social approval from the coach and the sports culture. 1”
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- Authors
- Langbein, R. K., Martin, D., Allen-Collinson, J., & Jackman, P. C.
- Affiliations
- University of Lincoln (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Langbein, Rachel K.
- Venue
- Performance Enhancement & Health
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2022-02
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 100214
- ISSN
- 2211-2669 (ISSN-L)
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- W4200493909
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- 20
- References
- 49
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 1
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- 1.71
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- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Sport Psychology and Performance
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Orthopedics and Sports Medicine › Sports Performance and Training
- Keywords
- relative energy deficiency in sport, female endurance athletes, energy availability, psychological conflict, athlete well-being, maladaptive coping, cognitive and affective responses
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