Highlights•Athletic identity foreclosure is most pronounced during late adolescence.•It is
responsive to changes in sport participation status.•It is related to a broad range of …

The purpose of this research was to provide a critical review of key research areas within the
social psychology of dress. The review addresses published research in two broad areas:(1) …

Gender role norms may play a crucial role in the male experience of eating disorders. The
masculinity hypothesis proposes that conformity to masculine gender roles including …

Previous research has suggested that men's conformity to masculine norms (CMN) is an
important correlate of men's drive for muscularity. The present study aimed to further …

Sport psychology embraced the study of athletic identity in the 1990s. The Athletic Identity
Measurement Scale (AIMS) is at the forefront of athletic identity measurement. This …

Current trends in quantitative health research have highlighted the inadequacy of the usual
operationalisation of sex and gender, resulting in a growing demand for more nuanced …

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 …

Previous studies have separately examined conformity to masculine norms and
internalization of body ideals in the media in relation to the drive for muscularity (DM). This …

In Western countries, body image has become an essential feature of male representations
in recent decades. This is especially true of prominent muscularity, which has been …

Critics of the psychology of men have repeatedly identified a tendency for researchers to use
distinct constructs interchangeably and imprecisely (Betz & Fitzgerald, 1993; Good, Borst, & …