TY - JOUR
T1 - Psychometric Properties of Yelland and Tiggemann's Drive for Muscularity Scale
AU - Tod, D.
AU - Morrison, Todd G.
AU - Edwards, Christian
PY - 2012/6
Y1 - 2012/6
N2 - 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, MAGE = 20.15 years, SD = 4.00; 356 men, MAGE = 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.
AB - 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, MAGE = 20.15 years, SD = 4.00; 356 men, MAGE = 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.
KW - Drive for Muscularity
KW - Body image
KW - Psychometrics
KW - Validity
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/2160/8782
U2 - 10.1016/j.bodyim.2012.03.003
DO - 10.1016/j.bodyim.2012.03.003
M3 - Article
C2 - 22541667
SN - 1873-6807
VL - 9
SP - 421
EP - 424
JO - Body Image
JF - Body Image
IS - 3
ER -