The Drive for Muscularity among Adolescent Boys: Its Relationship with Global Self-Esteem [PDF]
Baltic Journal of Sport and Health Sciences, 2018 Among adolescent boys a higher drive for muscularity is related with poorer self-esteem and more symptoms of depression. There is an agreement that male athletes, in general, experience greater body satisfaction compared to nonathletes of the same age,
Rasa Jankauskienė, Ramutis Kairaitis
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Associations between muscle dysmorphia-related body image concerns, physical activity, and body composition: a cross-sectional study among young Asian adults in Malaysia [PDF]
Journal of Physiological AnthropologyBackground Muscle dysmorphia (MD) is a body image disturbance characterized by an obsessive drive for muscularity, increasingly observed in non-Western populations.
Yee-How Say +6 more
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Psychometric validation of the fit body scale for assessing muscularity related body dissatisfaction in Iranian adults [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThe Fit Body Scale is a newly developed scale that measures body dissatisfaction with muscularity ideals. It has gender-specific versions, the Female Fit Body Scale (FFITBS) and the Male Fit Body Scale (MFBS).
Fatemeh Sadat Raeisian +5 more
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Upward comparison predicts an increase in state body dissatisfaction after fitspiration exposure [PDF]
Scientific ReportsAs exposure to fitspiration images can lead to body dissatisfaction, it is important to understand which factors contribute to this effect. Therefore, this online experiment examined possible predictors of state body dissatisfaction following ...
Gritt Ladwig +4 more
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The impact of masculinity and femininity on disordered eating symptoms and the mediating role of muscularity ideals [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThis study examines the role of gender role orientation in shaping body ideals and its impact on disordered eating and muscle dysmorphic symptoms in women. We explore how self-perceived Gender Roles regarding Masculinity and Femininity relate to thinness
Gerrit Brandt +6 more
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Sociocultural Influences, Drive for Thinness, Drive for Muscularity, and Body Dissatisfaction among Korean Undergraduates. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2020 For many years, body dissatisfaction was considered a western phenomenon, and was studied mostly in Caucasian women. Recent studies, however, suggest that these issues are also present in men and in other ethnic groups. This research investigated the differential effects of various sociocultural pressures transmitted from the media, one’s parents, and ...
You S, Shin K.
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A Scale Development for Assessing the Drive for Muscularity Among Pakistani Bodybuilders
Annals of Abbasi Shaheed Hospital and Karachi Medical & Dental College, 2023 Objective: The study was devised to develop the indigenous scale of drive for muscularity among Pakistani bodybuilders Method: To explore the manifestation of drive for muscularity phenomenological approach was used, in which open ended question was ...
Umaiza Bashir, Sadia Rehman
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 Body image has been associated with self-care and the assumption of either healthy habits or poor diets and eating disorders. As a vital element in the formation of a positive body image, the role of the family in childhood has been highlighted by a few ...
Natalia Solano-Pinto +3 more
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Prediction of Perceived Overtraining From Competitive Anxiety and Drive for Muscularity Among Male Athletes [PDF]
پژوهشهای کاربردی روانشناختی, 2019 The purpose of the present study was to predict of perceived overtraining from competitive anxiety and drive for muscularity among male athletes. The statistical population of the present study 250 male athletes who were selected using accessible ...
Meysam Shahhosseni +2 more
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Disordered eating behaviors among CrossFit athletes
Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria, 2022 Objective: Evaluate differences in disordered eating symptoms between men and women who practice CrossFit and to evaluate its predictors in this population. Methods: A cross-sectional study (April to June 2019) was carried out with 194 adults (103 women
Maria Carolina Franco da Cunha +3 more
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