Bulimic Symptomatology, Body-Image, and Personality Characteristics of University Men
| Autor: | I. W. Kelly, Donald H. Saklofske, R. A. Finlayson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
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Male 050103 clinical psychology medicine.medical_specialty Personality Inventory media_common.quotation_subject Population Columbia university 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Surveys and Questionnaires Perception Psychoticism Body Image medicine Humans Personality 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Bulimia Students Psychiatry education General Psychology media_common education.field_of_study 05 social sciences Regression analysis 030229 sport sciences medicine.disease Personality factors Eating disorders Psychology Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Psychological Reports. 91:496-502 |
| ISSN: | 1558-691X 0033-2941 |
| DOI: | 10.2466/pr0.2002.91.2.496 |
| Popis: | Sttrnmary.-This study examined the relationships, using regression analysis, among bulimic symptomatology, body-image characteristics, and personality factors in a nonclinical sample of 46 undergraduate university men. They completed the Bulimia Test-Revised (a measure of bulimic symptomatology), the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire-Revised (a measure of personality characreristics), and the Multidimensional Body-Self Relations Questionnaire (a multidimensional measure of body-image parameters). Statistically q~~nlflcant relationships were identified among Appearance Evaluation, Neuroticisnl. ~nd Psychoticism, and the BULIT-R scores. Research examining eating disorders has primarily focused on the female population. This position has changed, however, during the past few years, with researchers now recognizing bulimia as a disorder affecting males (Steiger, 1989; Kearney-Cooke & Steichen-Asch, 1990; Lindsey, 1995, The male body: is Rambo our best choice? A publication of Columbia University Health. [On-he] 3. Available: http://~v.columb ia.eddcu/health~ ~se/ hw32). The self-evaluation of individuals with bhia nervosa is dramatically influenced by body shape and weight. Bulimic individuals are similar to those with other eating disorders in that their self-concept and self-evaluation are unduly controlled with a persistent overconcern with weight and body shape (Cash, Winstead, & Janda, 1986). While the general consensus of the research is that bulimia involves an element of body-image disturbance, there is a considerable amount of variation in the specific variables most commonly linked to this disorder in men (Steiger, 1989). Specific body site dissatisfaction was once believed to be the most effective means of assessing body-image disturbances in the bulimic population. However, Altabe and Thompson (1992) found that global measures were more important than scores of dissatisfaction when evaluating male bulimic symptoms. Given the above consideration, this study approached the notion of body-image disturbance in the male population as being a multidimensional phenomenon encompassing perceptual, attitudinal, and behavioral features. A number of personality characteristics have been linked to eating dis |
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