2004/01/01 by Sara B. Kimmel, James R. Mahalik · 83 citations
Psychology · Social Sciences · #Eating Disorders and Behaviors #Gender Roles and Identity Studies #Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies #Measure (data warehouse) #Ideal (ethics) #Distress #Psychology #Social psychology #Computer science #Clinical psychology #Data mining #Philosophy #Epistemology
paper · doi:10.3149/jmh.0301.1
published in International Journal of Men s Health 3(1), 1-10 (Men's Studies Press)
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This paper describes the construction of the Masculine Body Ideal Distress Scale (MBIDS) and an initial study examining its psychometric properties. For the study, 154 mostly Caucasian and heterosexual college males completed the MBIDS along with a measure of body dissatisfaction and a measure of conformity to masculinity norms. Results indicated that the Masculine Body Ideal Distress Scale consisted of one factor, had very high internal consistency, and related to both higher levels of body dissatisfaction and conformity to masculine norms. The discussion focuses on future research using the MBIDS and limitations to the study.