Psychometric properties of the Drive for Muscularity Scale in Mexican males

Eating and Weight Disorders

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 23-28

  Escoto, Consuelo ^a   Alvarez Rayón, Georgina ^b   Mancilla Díaz, Juan Manuel ^b   Camacho Ruiz, Esteban Jaime ^a   Franco Paredes, Karina ^c   Juárez Lugo, Carlos Saúl ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Body image; Confirmatory factor analysis; Drive for muscularity; Males; Psychometrics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY IMAGE; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; DRIVE FOR MUSCULARITY SCALE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASCULINITY; MEXICO; MUSCLE MASS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRAINING; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; YOUNG ADULT; DRIVE; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

BODY COMPOSITION; BODY IMAGE; DRIVE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MALE; MEN; MEXICO; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884807370     PISSN: 11244909     EISSN: 15901262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40519-013-0010-6     Document Type: Article

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