Talbot Daniel, Mahlberg Justin
School of Arts and Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Chippendale, NSW, Australia.
School of Psychology, Western Sydney University, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
J Am Coll Health. 2023 Jan;71(1):18-23. doi: 10.1080/07448481.2021.1877143. Epub 2021 Feb 12.
Height is a significant, yet under-studied dimension of body dissatisfaction in men. The present study examined the relationship between height dissatisfaction, height, muscle and fat dissatisfaction, body ideals, and eating disorder symptoms in men. Participants were a sample of male undergraduate Australian students ( = 224) who were administered self-report measures of height, muscle, and fat dissatisfaction, eating disorder symptoms, and muscle and body fat body-ideals, and reported their height. Results showed that height, muscle dissatisfaction, and desired muscularity were important for explaining height dissatisfaction. Additionally, although eating disorder symptoms did not uniquely predict height dissatisfaction, there were small positive correlations between height dissatisfaction and eating disorder symptoms. This study highlights the importance of height in male body dissatisfaction and its association with muscular dissatisfaction and desired muscularity, as well as the potential significance of height in male eating disorders.
身高是男性身体不满情绪中一个重要但研究不足的维度。本研究考察了男性身高不满、身高、肌肉和脂肪不满、身体理想以及饮食失调症状之间的关系。参与者是澳大利亚本科男学生样本（n = 224），他们接受了关于身高、肌肉和脂肪不满、饮食失调症状以及肌肉和身体脂肪理想状态的自我报告测量，并报告了自己的身高。结果表明，身高、肌肉不满和期望的肌肉量对于解释身高不满很重要。此外，虽然饮食失调症状并不能唯一预测身高不满，但身高不满与饮食失调症状之间存在小的正相关。本研究强调了身高在男性身体不满中的重要性及其与肌肉不满和期望肌肉量的关联，以及身高在男性饮食失调中的潜在重要性。
