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Psychometric properties of the Drive for Muscularity Scale in Mexican males

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This study refers to the evaluation of the psychometric properties of the Drive for Muscularity Scale among Mexican population. The exploratory factor analysis was carried out with 369 university males (mean age = 20.93 years). A three-factor structure that explains 45.64 % of the variance was found for the scale: 31.10 % by attitudes (α = 0.87), 10.70 % by substance intake (α = 0.72) and 3.84 % by training adherence (α = 0.68). Only the two first sub-scales and total score (α = 0.86) offered acceptable levels of internal consistence. The confirmatory factor analysis, carried out with 200 males (mean age = 20.79 years), verified both the suitability of this factor structure and the two-factor structure proposed by McCreary et al. (Psychol Men Masc 5:49–58, 1). Drive for muscularity is important in comprehending male body image and Drive for Muscularity Scale has demonstrated to be psychometrically suitable to assess this construct in Mexican males.

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  1. TN: I drink weight-gain or protein shakes.

  2. TN: Shake.

  3. TN: I drink weight-gain or protein beverages.

  4. TN: I think that my chest is not muscular enough.

  5. TN: I think my pectorals are not muscular enough.

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Acknowledgments

The study was supported by the Grants: CONACyT (MOD-ORD-12-08-PCI-079-04-08) and PROMEP FE25/2009 (103.5/09/4195) to Consuelo Escoto, and UNAM-PAPIIT (IN-305912) to Georgina Alvarez-Rayón. The authors are grateful to Felipe Santoyo at the University of Guadalajara, for his valuable advice in statistical analysis; to Maricruz Larios and Elizabeth Bosques for their assistance in data analysis.

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  1. Centro Universitario UAEM Ecatepec, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, José Revueltas 17, Tierra Blanca, C.P. 55020, Ecatepec, Mexico, Mexico

    Consuelo Escoto & Carlos Saúl Juárez Lugo

  2. Laboratorio de Trastornos Alimentarios-FES Iztacala, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Av. de los Barrios 1, Los Reyes Iztacala, C.P. 54090, Tlalnepantla, Mexico, Mexico

    Georgina Alvarez-Rayón & Juan Manuel Mancilla-Díaz

  3. Unidad Académica Profesional Nezahualcóyotl, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Av. Bordo de Xochiaca s/n, Benito Juárez, C.P. 57000, Nezahualcóyotl, Mexico, Mexico

    Esteban Jaime Camacho Ruiz

  4. Centro de Investigación en Comportamiento Alimentario y Nutrición, Centro Universitario del Sur, Universidad de Guadalajara, Av. Enrique Arreola Silva 883, Col. Centro, C.P. 49000, Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, Mexico

    Karina Franco Paredes

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Escoto, C., Alvarez-Rayón, G., Mancilla-Díaz, J.M. et al. Psychometric properties of the Drive for Muscularity Scale in Mexican males. Eat Weight Disord 18, 23–28 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40519-013-0010-6

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