title: Predicting drive for muscularity behavioural engagement from body image attitudes and emotions.
abstract: We examined the potential moderating effects of appearance investment, body image disturbance, and situational body image dysphoria on the drive for muscularity attitude-behaviour relationship. Participants (339 British college men, M(AGE)=20.00 years, SD=2.59) completed drive for muscularity attitude and behaviour, appearance investment, body image disturbance, and situational body image dysphoria measures. Results indicated higher levels of appearance investment, body image disturbance, and situational body image dysphoria were associated with increases in the drive for muscularity attitude's relationship with physique-enhancing behavioural engagement. Results help extend recent research that has moved beyond identifying correlates to examining ways that groups of variables interact to predict drive for muscularity behavioural engagement and may contribute to theory development.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom. dvt@aber.ac.uk
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tod
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Edwards
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001290:Attitude; D057215:Body Dysmorphic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D001828:Body Image / Q000523:psychology*; D004328:Drive; D004644:Emotions; D004739:England; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D010809:Physical Fitness / Q000523:psychology*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013008:Somatotypes; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult