Social dominance orientation predicts drive for muscularity among British men

Body Image

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 653-656

  Swami, Viren ^a,b   Neofytou, Rudolfos Valentino ^a   Jablonska, Joanna ^a   Thirlwell, Holly ^a   Taylor, Donna ^a   McCreary, Donald R ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b HELP UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^c BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drive for muscularity; Male body image; Social dominance orientation; Socio political attitudes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; AUTHORITY; BEHAVIOR; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY IMAGE; DRIVE; DRIVE FOR MUSCULARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MALE BODY IMAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE ORIENTATION; SOCIO-POLITICAL ATTITUDES; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

DRIVE FOR MUSCULARITY; MALE BODY IMAGE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE ORIENTATION; SOCIO-POLITICAL ATTITUDES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; AUTHORITARIANISM; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY IMAGE; DRIVE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MEN; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884533917     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2013.07.007     Document Type: Article

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