Biceps and Body Image: The Relationship Between Muscularity and Self-Esteem, Depression, and Eating Disorder Symptoms.

By Roberto Olivardia, H. Pope, J. Borowiecki, Geoffrey H. Cohane. 2004

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

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Looking Good, Sounding Good: Femininity Ideology and Adolescent Girls' Mental Health (2006, background): “A recent study (Olivardia et al., 2004) documented that college men’s dissatisfaction with their bodies was closely tied to measures of mental health such as self-esteem and depression, as well as to the use of performance-enhancing substances (i.”
“Bad Girls Rule”: An Interdisciplinary Feminist Commentary on the Report of the APA Task Force on the Sexualization of Girls (2009, background): “There is also growing evidence that American men are nearly as dissatisfied about their bodies as women and experience depression and self-esteem problems that are partly due to gendered cultural standards, some of which are produced by media (Grogan, 1999 ; Olivardia, Pope, Borowiecki, & Cohane, ”
Desiring the Muscular Ideal: Men's Body Satisfaction in the United States, Ukraine, and Ghana (2007, background): “For example, compared to men who are satisfied with their bodies, men who are dissatisfied report higher levels of depression, eating pathology, and use of performance-enhancing substances, as well as lower self-esteem ( Olivardia, Pope, Borowiecki, & Cohane, 2004 ).”
Media images of men: Trends and consequences of body conceptualization. (2007, background): “Indeed, research shows that various age groups report substantial levels of body dissatisfaction (Ricciardelli, & McCabe, 2005; Olivardia et al., 2004; Garner, 1997; Franzoi & Koehler, 1998).”
Body Image Perceptions: Do Gender Differences Exist? (2010, background): “…indicating that body image dissatisfaction in men is related to perceived lack of muscle instead of perceived fatness (Cafri & Thompson, 2004; Olivardia et al., 2004; Pope et al., 1999), the results of this study demonstrate that body esteem scores in men are correlated with weight…”
The influence of men's self-objectification on the drive for muscularity: Self- esteem, body satisfaction and muscle dysmorphia. (2008, background): “This is comparable to previous research on men’s body image that has shown a positive correlation between self-objectification and symptoms of muscle dysmorphia, including muscle disparagement and low body esteem (Olivardia et al., 2004; Strelan & Hargreaves, 2005).”
Self-Objectification, Self-Esteem, and Gender: Testing a Moderated Mediation Model (2010, background): “Men, too, are increasingly being objectified in western media (Leit et al. 2001; Pope et al. 2001), with the idealized male image becoming more muscular and unattainable ( Olivardia et al. 2004 ).”