How Healthy is a Desire to be Fit and Strong? Drives for Thinness, Leanness, and Muscularity in Women in Weight Training

Fitness training to attain the lean body ideal is becoming increasingly popular among women. However, it remains unclear how the drive for leanness (DL), as compared to the drives for thinness (DT) and muscularity (DM), relates to body image pathology and substance use in female weight-trainers. Par...

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Published in:Journal of clinical sport psychology 2018-12, Vol.12 (4), p.544-561
Main Authors: Hartmann, Andrea S., Steenbergen, Florian, Vocks, Silja, Büsch, Dirk, Waldorf, Manuel
Format: Article
Language:English
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Drug use
Self image
Weightlifting
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Summary:Fitness training to attain the lean body ideal is becoming increasingly popular among women. However, it remains unclear how the drive for leanness (DL), as compared to the drives for thinness (DT) and muscularity (DM), relates to body image pathology and substance use in female weight-trainers. Participants ( N  = 168) completed a survey assessing DL, DT, DM, eating and body dysmorphic disorder pathology, and substance use. DT and DM were related to eating disorder and body dysmorphic disorder symptoms (all r  ≥ .29; all p s 
ISSN:1932-9261
1932-927X
DOI:10.1123/jcsp.2018-0022