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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• He, Jinbo
• Cui, Shuqi
• Cui, Tianxiang
• Barnhart, Wesley R.
• Han, Jiayi
• Xu, Yinuo
• Nagata, Jason M.

Titel

Exploring the associations between muscularity teasing and eating and body image disturbances in Chinese men and women

Ist Teil von

• Body image, 2024-06, Vol.49, p.101697-101697, Article 101697

Ort / Verlag

Netherlands: Elsevier Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2024

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MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This study described muscularity teasing in both men and women and explored its associations with eating and body image disturbances in adults from China. A total of 900 Chinese adults (50% women) were recruited online. Correlation and regression analyses were conducted to examine the relationships between muscularity teasing and a battery of measures on eating and body image disturbances. Gender differences in the associations were examined. Men reported more muscularity teasing than women (31.6% men vs. 15.6% women; χ2(1,N = 900) = 31.99, p < .001). Muscularity teasing was significantly and positively correlated with all measures in both men and women. Muscularity teasing explained significant, unique variance in all measures for men and women, except for body fat dissatisfaction in women, beyond covariates (i.e., age, body mass index, and weight teasing). The relationships between muscularity teasing and eating and body image disturbances were generally stronger in men than women. Findings further suggest that muscularity teasing is an important factor related to eating and body image disturbances in men and women, but muscularity teasing might be more detrimental to men’s eating behaviors and body image. Future research is needed to further explore the directionality and mechanisms of the links between muscularity teasing and eating and body image disturbances. •31.6% men and 15.6% women reported experiences of muscularity teasing.•Muscularity teasing was uniquely linked to eating and body image disturbances in men.•Muscularity teasing was uniquely linked to eating and body image disturbances, except for body fat dissatisfaction, in women.•The associations were generally stronger in men than women.