Psychometric Properties of Yelland and Tiggemann's Drive for Muscularity Scale

D. Tod; Todd G. Morrison; Christian Edwards

doi:10.1016/j.bodyim.2012.03.003

Psychometric Properties of Yelland and Tiggemann's Drive for Muscularity Scale

D. Tod, Todd G. Morrison, Christian Edwards

Department of Psychology

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The purpose of the current study was to examine the dimensionality and validity of Yelland and Tiggemann's Drive for Muscularity Scale (YT-DMS). Participants were college students (305 women, MAGE = 20.15 years, SD = 4.00; 356 men, MAGE = 20.24 years, SD = 3.85) who completed the YT-DMS, the Drive for Muscularity Attitudes Questionnaire, the Drive for Leanness Scale, the Drive for Thinness Scale, and a socio-demographic questionnaire. Results indicated the YT-DMS had a stable unidimensional factor structure in both genders, and the pattern of relationships generally supported the measure's criterion and construct validity. These results reveal the YT-DMS has promise, but helps identify possible areas for improvement, such as a greater focus on sampling the content domain associated with the drive for muscularity.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	421-424
Number of pages	4
Journal	Body Image
Volume	9
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2012.03.003
Publication status	Published - Jun 2012

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Drive for Muscularity
Body image
Psychometrics
Validity

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