Body Image and Eating Disorders Research Group (NICTA), Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Governador Valadares 35010-180, MG, Brazil.
Department of Psychological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849-9027, USA.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Jan 5;20(2):989. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20020989.
Despite high levels of muscularity concerns among sexual-minority men, most of the existing literature on the drive for muscularity and muscle dysmorphia focuses on heterosexual men and has mainly been conducted in Western and English-speaking regions. The present study aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Drive for Muscularity Scale (DMS) and the Muscle Dysmorphic Disorder Inventory (MDDI) in Brazilian cisgender gay and bisexual adult men who were 18-50 years old. We evaluated the factor structure of both measures using a two-step, split-sample exploratory (EFA; = 704) and confirmatory (CFA; = 705) factor-analytic approach, which supported the original three-factor structure of the MDDI and resulted in a reduced two-factor solution with 13 items for the DMS. Convergent validity was supported through associations of the DMS and the MDDI with eating disorder symptoms, body-ideal internalization, self-objectification beliefs and behaviors, and body appreciation measures. Additionally, we found good internal consistency, and test-retest reliability of both measures. Results support the validity and reliability of the DMS and the MDDI in Brazilian cisgender gay and bisexual adult men and will support future studies exploring these constructs in Brazilian sexual-minority men.
尽管性少数群体男性对肌肉发达的关注度很高,但大多数关于追求肌肉发达和肌肉变形障碍的现有文献都集中在异性恋男性身上,并且主要在西方和英语国家进行。本研究旨在评估肌肉发达驱力量表(DMS)和肌肉变形障碍量表(MDDI)在 18-50 岁的巴西顺性别男同性恋和双性恋成年男性中的心理测量特性。我们使用两步、样本分割的探索性(EFA;n=704)和验证性(CFA;n=705)因子分析方法评估了这两种测量方法的因子结构,这两种方法均支持 MDDI 的原始三因子结构,并导致 DMS 的简化为包含 13 个项目的两因子解决方案。通过 DMS 和 MDDI 与饮食障碍症状、身体理想化内化、自我客体化信念和行为以及身体欣赏措施的关联,支持了聚合效度。此外,我们还发现了这两种测量方法的良好内部一致性和重测信度。研究结果支持 DMS 和 MDDI 在巴西顺性别男同性恋和双性恋成年男性中的有效性和可靠性,这将支持未来在巴西性少数群体男性中探索这些结构的研究。