Psychometric properties of Yelland and Tiggemann's Drive for Muscularity Scale

David A Tod; T G Morrison; C Edwards

doi:10.1016/j.bodyim.2012.03.003

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Psychometric properties of Yelland and Tiggemann's Drive for Muscularity Scale

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Psychometric properties of Yelland and Tiggemann's Drive for Muscularity Scale

David A Tod, T G Morrison and C Edwards

Body Image, Vol.9(3), pp.421-424

2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2012.03.003

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body image

drive for muscularity

psychometrics

validity

The purpose of the current study was to examine the dimensionality and validity of Yelland and Tiggemann's Drive for Muscularity Scale (YT-DMS). Participants were college students (305 women, M AGE=20.15 years, SD=4.00; 356 men, M AGE=20.24 years, SD=3.85) who completed the YT-DMS, the Drive for Muscularity Attitudes Questionnaire, the Drive for Leanness Scale, the Drive for Thinness Scale, and a socio-demographic questionnaire. Results indicated the YT-DMS had a stable unidimensional factor structure in both genders, and the pattern of relationships generally supported the measure's criterion and construct validity. These results reveal the YT-DMS has promise, but helps identify possible areas for improvement, such as a greater focus on sampling the content domain associated with the drive for muscularity. © 2012.

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Title: Psychometric properties of Yelland and Tiggemann's Drive for Muscularity Scale
Authors: David A Tod (Author) - Aberystwyth University, United Kingdom
T G Morrison (Author) - University of Saskatchewan, Canada
C Edwards (Author) - University of Worcester, United Kingdom
Publication details: Body Image, Vol.9(3), pp.421-424
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date published: 2012
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2012.03.003
ISSN: 1740-1445
Organisation Unit: School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99449961802621
Output Type: Journal article

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