Drive for muscularity, body comparison, and social physique anxiety in men and women.
The presented study tested a model of the relationship between the drive for muscularity (DM), three aspects of body comparison (general, weight-, and muscle-related), and social physique anxiety in college men and women. The findings demonstrated that those with higher levels of DM engaged in more frequent body-related comparisons in all three areas. Greater frequency of both Weight- and Muscle-Related Body Comparison was then predictive of higher levels of social physique anxiety. Constraints placed on the path coefficients showed that the association between DM and Muscle-Related Comparisons was significantly stronger than the association between DM and Weight-Related Comparisons. The model was similar for both genders. The results from the structural models were discussed in terms of Cash's (2002) cognitive-behavioral model of body image and the dual pathway model of boys' and men's body image (Jones & Crawford, 2005).
McCreary
Donald R
DR
York University, Toronto, ON, Canada. mccreary@yorku.ca
Saucier
Deborah M
DM
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000209:etiology*; D001828:Body Image; D001835:Body Weight; D002170:Canada; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D053580:Muscle Strength; D012737:Sex Factors; D012928:Social Desirability; D012938:Social Perception