Much body image research has been directed toward the study of males (HG Pope, KA
Phillips, & R. Olivardia, 2000). However, little attention has been devoted to consideration of …

Figural drawing scales are commonly used to measure aspects of body image disturbance.
There are several advantages to figural drawing scales including ease and flexibility in …

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 …

The present study examined body image and associated psychological traits in 154 college
men. The comprehensive battery of measures included a novel computerized test of body …

In this" Monograph," we report the follow-up of 570 adolescents who had been studied as
preschoolers in one of two separate investigations of television use. The primary goal of the …

OBJECTIVE: Muscle dysmorphia is a form of body dysmorphic disorder in which individuals
develop a pathological preoccupation with their muscularity. METHOD: The authors …

Women have traditionally been concerned with their appearance. Indeed, the pursuit of and
preoccupation with beauty are central features of the female sex-role stereotype (Rodin …

Mean body mass indices (BMIs, kg/m 2) of North Americans aged 18 to 24 collected from
11national health surveys were compared to: Playboycenterfold models, Miss America …

Ruth C. Wylie's two volumes of The Self-Concept, published by Nebraska in 1974 and 1979,
evaluated psychological and sociological studies of self-concept and self-esteem. Looking …

We hypothesized that the substantial difference in incidence of eating disorders between
men and women would be correlated with a similar difference in sociocul‐tural norms …