Furthering the Conceptualisation of Disordered Eating in Current and Former Athletes for the Development, Validation and Evaluation of the Athletic Disordered Eating (ADE) Scale

This PhD reconceptualised the definition of disordered eating for current and former athletes as a state that can proceed or precede a clinical eating disorder that is cognitively and/or behaviourally mediated and is contextual to an individual’s sociocultural positioning. This reconceptualisation and critique of the culture of disordered eating contributed to the development of a world first disordered eating scale. The Athletic Disordered Eating (ADE) Scale has important clinical and research implications for the prevention and assessment of disordered eating in athletic populations.