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Bigorexia as addiction: Risk factors in development causing Muscle dysmorphia
Bažant, Matěj ; Vacek, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Čablová, Lenka (referee)
Risk factors in development causing Bigorexia. The subject of this study are the risk factors in human development, that may be causing Bigorexia. The study contains theoretical part, which describes Bigorexia as an eating disorder with addictive elements in behaviour. Theoretical part also contains characterization of compulsive exercising, steroid abuse and theories of bigorexia development - cognitive, psychodynamic, biological, cognitive- behavioral and behavioral theory. In this part are also described risk factors for Bigorexia development and process of medical treatment. Next part is practical, containing four case histories of men with Bigorexia. The respondents are asked for their own understanding of Bigorexia. The case histories are searched for common characteristics in development, which may contribute to Bigorexia. The characteristics are individually analyzed and the risk factors are evaluated. And the results are overconcern of their body appearance, continuation in exercise over the presence of injury or illness, anxiety caused by default of training program, preoccupation by exercise, neglect of duty, demanding of higher achievements and the mood changing. By recognition of these risk factors, we can be able to expect development of Bigorexia and make preventive arrangements. Keywords:...
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Anabolic steroids use among public order police officers of Police of the Czech Republic
Bažant, Matěj ; Vacek, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Šejvl, Jaroslav (referee)
The subject of this study is the recognition of the link between service in the Police of the Czech Republic (PCR) and abuse of substances for supporting muscle growth and anabolic steroids. The service of PCR officer is often been connected to physical strenght and psychical resistence, which is given by training, personality and self-confidence of the officer. Masculinity and muscular body is seen by some officers as essential for this job and the standard there is shifted when compared to the other people. Anabolic Steroids - substances accesible on the illicit market - can be abused for fast muscle growth and outreaching the limits of ordinary man. The first part of this study is theoretical part, in which the aspects of police service are described, as they are risk factors for development of exercise addiction and abuse of substances for supporting muscle growth. The second part is practical part, where the research is described among the PCR officers, who are exercising regularly and are ranked in the Public Order Police Service. This research is searching for similarities between usage of supplements and Anabolic Steroids and subjectively viewed professional requirements. Also the amount of subjectively seen medical problems was compared between group of steroid-using officers and those...
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Bigorexia as addiction: Risk factors in development causing Muscle dysmorphia
Bažant, Matěj ; Vacek, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Čablová, Lenka (referee)
Risk factors in development causing Bigorexia. The subject of this study are the risk factors in human development, that may be causing Bigorexia. The study contains theoretical part, which describes Bigorexia as an eating disorder with addictive elements in behaviour. Theoretical part also contains characterization of compulsive exercising, steroid abuse and theories of bigorexia development - cognitive, psychodynamic, biological, cognitive- behavioral and behavioral theory. In this part are also described risk factors for Bigorexia development and process of medical treatment. Next part is practical, containing four case histories of men with Bigorexia. The respondents are asked for their own understanding of Bigorexia. The case histories are searched for common characteristics in development, which may contribute to Bigorexia. The characteristics are individually analyzed and the risk factors are evaluated. And the results are overconcern of their body appearance, continuation in exercise over the presence of injury or illness, anxiety caused by default of training program, preoccupation by exercise, neglect of duty, demanding of higher achievements and the mood changing. By recognition of these risk factors, we can be able to expect development of Bigorexia and make preventive arrangements. Keywords:...
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