1. Drive for muscularity and disordered eating among French adolescent boys: A sociocultural model
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Debra L. Franko, Rachel F. Rodgers, Camille Ganchou, and Henri Chabrol
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Male ,Adolescent ,genetic structures ,Social Psychology ,Models, Psychological ,Social Environment ,Peer Group ,Developmental psychology ,Feeding and Eating Disorders ,Young Adult ,Thinness ,Body Image ,medicine ,Humans ,Mass Media ,Drive for thinness ,Sociocultural model ,Disordered eating ,General Psychology ,Applied Psychology ,Drive ,Muscles ,Social environment ,Peer group ,medicine.disease ,Eating disorders ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Body Constitution ,France ,Adolescent development ,Psychology ,Monte Carlo Method - Abstract
The pursuit of muscularity is an important body image concern among boys which has been described within sociocultural models of risk for eating disorders. This study explored a sociocultural model of disordered eating in which drive for thinness and pursuit of muscularity were both pathways to disordered eating among French adolescent boys. A sample of 146 adolescents completed a questionnaire assessing drive for thinness, drive for muscularity, media-ideal internalization, appearance comparison, and sociocultural pressure. The model was a good fit to the data and both drive for thinness and the pursuit of muscularity were related to disordered eating. Furthermore, internalization and appearance comparison mediated the relationships between pressure to increase muscle and both drive for muscularity and drive for thinness. Longitudinal research could help clarify the role of the pursuit of muscularity in the development of disordered eating and extreme body shape changing behaviors.
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- 2012
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