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21142351

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-4-5
pubmed:abstractText
Men's body image problems may manifest as an unhealthy drive for muscularity and propensity to use anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS). Aspects of objectification theory were integrated with literature on men's drive for muscularity and AAS use to identify correlates of these problems. The resultant model was tested with path analyses of data from 270 college men. First, consistent with prior research on objectification theory, results indicated that body surveillance partially mediated the link of internalization of cultural standards of attractiveness with body shame. Second, positive outcome expectation for AAS use partially mediated the link of drive for muscularity with intention to use AAS. Third, drive for muscularity partially mediated the links of internalization with outcome expectation for AAS use and intention to use AAS. Finally, outcome expectation for AAS use was an additional partial mediator of the link of internalization with intention to use AAS. Body surveillance and body shame did not have unique direct or mediated relations with drive for muscularity or AAS variables. These findings point to internalization of cultural standards of attractiveness as the nexus of overlap between the objectification theory variables and men's drive for muscularity and propensity to use AAS.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0022-0167
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
2011 APA, all rights reserved
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
58
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
246-56
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
His biceps become him: a test of objectification theory's application to drive for muscularity and propensity for steroid use in college men.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA. michael.parent@ufl.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article