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Male Body Image
The need for gender-specific survey instruments and measures of body image is clear, given that the same instruments and methods used to measure female body image likely do not apply to male subjects. Future research undoubtedly will be devoted to the development, perfection, and standardization of male body image measures. Since conducting this research two new instruments have been proposed. One attempts to go beyond muscularity, including categories such as body fat, youthfulness, body hair, and penis characteristics. The instrument is called the Multidimensional Male Body Concerns Questionnaire (MMBCQ), and includes more than 30 different items along five dimensions. The MMBCQ was developed by Rusticus (2010).
A second instrument that has recently been developed is called the Male Body Dissatisfaction Scale (MBDS). Proposed by Ochner, Gray & Brickner (2009), the MBDS enables the correlation of body image variables with other psychological variables like self-esteem. Moreover, the MBDS is important in...
This makes the MBDS applicable to diverse populations.
Future research should substantiate the efficacy of these new survey instruments. Future research might also explore the differences between gay and straight men with regards to body image and/or body dysmorphia. Differences between straight and gay men have already been substantiated in the literature, but future research might address differential methods of intervention. Exploring the variables that lead to unrealistic body image might fall within the realm of social sciences other than psychology: such as anthropology and sociology. Research in the area of male body image is multidisciplinary. Anthropology and sociology do offer fruitful avenues of research, yielding potentially rich data on the differences between men of various cultures and ethnic groups. However, psychological approaches to male body image offer the unique opportunity to explore links between body image issues and…
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Ochner, C.N., Gray, J.A. & Brickner, K. (2009). The development and initial validation of a new measure of male body dissatisfaction. Eating Behaviors 10(4): 197-201.
Rusticus, S.A. (2010). Going beyond muscularity: developing a multidimensional measure of male body concerns. Retrieved online: https://circle.ubc.ca/handle/2429/23469
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