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Drive for thinness and drive for muscularity: Opposite ends of the continuum or separate constructs?
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The goal of this study was to examine whether the drive for thinness and the drive for muscularity occur concurrently among late adolescents and to understand the body attitudes associated with desiring a thinner and/or a more muscular physique. Participants included 235 college freshmen who participated in a larger study of body image and eating attitudes. The majority of individuals reported having both a high drive for thinness and a high drive for muscularity (65.4%). Additionally, the presence of both drives significantly predicted body compulsivity and body anxiety among females, and body-esteem among males. Results of the current study provide considerable evidence that a drive for thinness and a drive for muscularity are not mutually exclusive. Furthermore, the degree to which an individual strives for thinness and/or muscularity has differential effects on their body attitudes.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Kelley, C. C. (., Neufeld, J. M., & Musher-Eizenman, D. R.
- Affiliations
- Bowling Green State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Kelley, Courtney C. (Galliger)
- Venue
- Body Image
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2010-01
- Volume
- 7
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 74-77
- ISSN
- 1740-1445 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1966495424
- Cited by
- 136
- References
- 22
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 17 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 10 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 8 · 2014: 8 · 2013: 6 · 2012: 4
- FWCI
- 3.88
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Body Image (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R24HD050959)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
- Keywords
- drive for thinness, drive for muscularity, body image anxiety, body esteem, late adolescence, university students, eating attitudes, gender differences
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Anxiety, Attitude, Body Composition, Body Image, Compulsive Behavior, Drive, Eating, Female, Gender Identity, Humans, Male, Personality Inventory, Psychometrics, Self Concept, Thinness, Muscle Strength, Young Adult, Body Dysmorphic Disorders
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