"Making muscle junkies": Investigating traditional masculine ideology, body image discrepancy, and the pursuit of muscularity in adolescent males

International Journal of Men's Health

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 220-239

  Martin, Jarred ^a   Govender, Kaymarlin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Body image discrepancy; Hegemonic masculinity; Pursuit of muscularity; School going boys; Steroids

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER; BODY IMAGE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRIVE FOR MUSCULARITY SCALE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; IDEOLOGY; LYNCH AND ZELLNER BODY FIGURE DRAWING; MASCULINITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; ROSENBERG SELF ESTEEM INVENTORY; SELF CONCEPT; SELF ESTEEM; SOUTH AFRICA; TRADITIONAL MASCULINE SCALE;

EID: 84864408720     PISSN: 15326306     EISSN: 19330278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3149/jmh.1003.220     Document Type: Review

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