Measuring Male Body Image: A Review of the Current Methodology.

By Guy Cafri, J. Thompson. 2004

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Marketing

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Longitudinal Gender Differences in Objectified Body Consciousness and Weight-Related Attitudes and Behaviors: Cultural and Developmental Contexts in the Transition from College (2006, methodology): “Cafri and Thompson (2004) argued that current research on body image is limited in that it has focused almost exclusively on thinness as the body ideal, which is more the concern of women, and has ignored muscularity, which is more the concern of men.”
Masculinities, the Metrosexual, and Media Images: Across Dimensions of Age and Ethnicity (2010, background): “Idealized masculinity normalizes images associated with body dissatisfaction and promotes steroid use ( Cafri and Thompson 2004 ).”
Male Body Depilation: Prevalence and Associated Features of Body Hair Removal (2005, background): “In the context of the dramatic increase in the number of men who report body image problems ( Cafri & Thompson, 2004; Pope, Phillips, & Olivardia, 2000), body depilation may represent a unique and important cluster of concerns that men experience.”
Meta-Analyses of the Effects of Media Images on Men's Body-image Concerns (2008, methodology): “Researchers have used this variable to suggest the latter; however, according to Cafri and Thompson (2004), it may be unclear to the participants which one is meant.”
The UCLA Body Project I: Gender and Ethnic Differences in Self-Objectification and Body Satisfaction Among 2,206 Undergraduates (2007, background): “Furthermore, dissatisfaction with muscularity has been repeatedly associated with lower body satisfaction and poorer psychological well-being (for reviews see Cafri and Thompson 2004; Cafri et al. 2005 ;L abre2002; McCabe and Ricciardelli 2004; Mishkind et al. 1986).”
Body Image Perceptions: Do Gender Differences Exist? (2010, background): “Several studies corroborate perceived lack of muscle as being a more pivotal factor in male body image dissatisfaction than excess fat (Cafri & Thompson, 2004; Olivardia et al., 2004; Pope, Olivardia, Gruber, & Borowiecki, 1999).”
Desiring the Muscular Ideal: Men's Body Satisfaction in the United States, Ukraine, and Ghana (2007, neutral): “…and validated Likert scale measures of men’s attitudes toward their bodies and/or muscularity (e.g., Frederick, Peplau, & Lever, 2006; McCreary & Sasse, 2000; Ricciardelli, McCabe, & Ridge, 2006; Ridgeway & Tylka, 2005; Tylka, Bergeron, & Schwartz, 2005; for a review see Cafri & Thompson, 2004).”
The Effects of Gender and Family, Friend, and Media Influences on Eating Behaviors and Body Image During Adolescence (2007, background): “Reviews of the literature on male body image, however, have suggested more extensive use of chest and body image rating scales with adolescents because younger rather than older males are likely to desire a more muscular appearance (Cafri and Thompson, 2004).”