Evidence from developed Western societies is reviewed for the claims that (a) physical
attractiveness judgments are substantially based on body size and shape, symmetry, sex …

Pamela C. Regan's The Mating Game: A Primer on Love, Sex, and Marriage, Third Edition is
the only introductory text about human mating relationships aimed specifically at a university …

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 …

Two meta-analyses were conducted to determine the extent to which pressure from the
mass media to conform to the muscular “ideal” male body affects men's self-images (ie, body …

Objective This study sought to examine the effects of media images on men's attitudes
toward their body appearance. Method A group of college men viewed advertisements …

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 …

This Internet research project examined the relationship between consumption of muscle
and fitness magazines and/or various Scott J. Duggan is a graduate student at the Ontario …

Abstract Objectification theory (Fredrickson BL, & Roberts, TA (1997). Psychology of Women
Quarterly, 21, 173–206) proposes that body image concerns impair sexual function and …

Two studies were conducted to investigate men's drive for muscularity. Study 1 explored the
relationship between sociocultural factors and social comparison and participants' scores on …