Investigating muscularity concerns in male body image: Development of the Swansea Muscularity Attitudes Questionnaire
✍ Scribed by Edwards, Stephen ;Launder, Catherine
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 166 KB
- Volume
- 28
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0276-3478
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✦ Synopsis
Objective:
An investigation into muscularity concerns in males was carried out.
Method:
A series of questionnaires, containing items pertaining to attitudes and behavior relating to muscularity, were administered to normal male subjects.
Results:
Factor analysis revealed two underlying constructs. the first reflected the desire to be muscular and and to such goal-oriented behaviors. the second reflected perceived positive attributes of muscularity, including feelings of masculinity, enhanced confidence, and greater attractiveness. following preliminary studies, a final version of the swansea muscularity attitudes questionnaire was developed and administered to 303 normal male subjects. factor analysis of these data confirmed the dual-construct model. the two subscales of this questionnaire (drive for muscularity and positive attributes of muscularity) displayed high internal reliability.
Discussion:
It is suggested that this questionnaire provides a tool that may be used to investigate further the relationship between muscularity concerns and body image issues in males.