title: Affective responses of high and low body satisfied men to viewing physique slides.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine the acute affective responses of high and low body satisfied (BS) men who viewed physique slides of the male ideal (model-slides), physique slides of themselves (self-slides), and nonphysique slides (control-slides). During three laboratory visits the participants viewed the slides from one of the three conditions, and they completed pre-, in-, and post-task affective measures. It was found that the: (a) high BS group reported less mood disturbance than the low BS group; (b) participants reported an increase in depression, anger, and body dissatisfaction after viewing the self-slides; (c) participants indicated a decrease in body dissatisfaction after viewing the model-slides; and (d) viewing the control-slides did not result in affective changes. Findings suggest that viewing physique slides results in increased mood disturbance, regardless of BS level.
authors.affiliation: University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. heatherh@hhp.ufl.edu
authors.forename: Heather A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Hausenblas
authors.forename: Christopher M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Janelle
authors.forename: Rebecca Ellis
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Gardner
authors.forename: Amy L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Hagan