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An Exploration of the Drive for Muscularity in Adolescent Boys and Girls
Abstract
Much of the existing research on disordered eating has centered on the drive for thinness, which is most commonly observed in girls and women. The male standard of bodily attractiveness, however, is bigger, bulkier, and more muscular. Are boys and men motivated to be big and muscular in the same way that girls and women are motivated to be thin? The authors constructed a 15-item survey and administered it to 197 adolescents. The findings showed that the drive for muscularity measure displayed good reliability; that individuals high in the drive were more likely to be boys who were trying to gain both weight and muscle mass; that the drive was related to poor self-esteem and higher levels of depression among boys, but not among girls; and that the drive for muscularity was relatively unrelated to the drive for thinness.
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Metadata
- Authors
- McCreary, D. R., & Sasse, D. K.
- ORCID
- McCreary, Donald R.
- Venue
- Journal of American College Health
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2000-05
- Volume
- 48
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 297-304
- ISSN
- 0164-4300 (ISSN-L)
- 0744-8481
- 1940-3208
- OpenAlex
- W1978955244
- Cited by
- 1,184
- References
- 55
- Citations by year
- 2026: 40 · 2025: 42 · 2024: 38 · 2023: 45 · 2022: 56 · 2021: 63 · 2020: 50 · 2019: 68 · 2018: 65 · 2017: 53 · 2016: 61 · 2015: 61 · 2014: 72 · 2013: 71 · 2012: 54
- FWCI
- 15.99
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of American College Health (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- 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 muscularity, drive for thinness, disordered eating, adolescent boys, adolescent girls, male body image, muscularity, weight gain, muscle mass, self-esteem, depression, body image
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior, Adult, Body Image, Canada, Drive, Female, Humans, Male, Surveys and Questionnaires, Self Concept, Sensitivity and Specificity, Sex Factors, Weight Lifting, Muscle, Skeletal
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