%0 Journal Article
%T The Changing Role of Academic Achievement Before the Onset of Disordered Eating in Academically High
%A Jennifer Krafchek
%A Leonie Kronborg
%J Journal for the Education of the Gifted
%@ 2162-9501
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0162353219836740
%X The aim of this qualitative study was to investigate the role of academic achievement in the process of stress and coping of academically high-achieving females before the onset of disordered eating. Fourteen academically high-achieving female adults who had developed disordered eating in high school were interviewed, using a semistructured interview protocol. The results of a timeline analysis revealed three phases in the complex interaction of stress and coping before the onset of eating disorder symptoms. Academic achievement was both a coping strategy and a stressor for all of these high-achieving females, but the role of academic achievement changed over the timeline. The findings of this study are potentially relevant for academically high-achieving females, their teachers, and their counselors
%K academic achievement
%K eating disorders
%K females
%K stress
%K coping
%K high achievers
%K gifted
%K contingencies of self-worth
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0162353219836740