The purpose of the study was to validate two measures of muscle dysmorphia (MD) into the Italian language. The sample included three participant groups: (1) competing bodybuilders, (2) non-competing bodybuilders, and (3) non-bodybuilding controls. In general the Italian versions of the scales showed psychometric utility that is consistent with the original instruments. The severity of MD was gr...

BACKGROUND Following the publication of our paper ‘Muscle Dysmorphia: Could it be classified as an addiction to body image?’ in the Journal of Behavioral Addictions, two commentaries by Jon Grant and Johanna Nieuwoudt were published in response to our paper. METHOD Using the ‘addiction components model’, our main contention is that muscle dysmorphia (MD) actually comprises a number of differe...

El modelo de cuerpo ideal masculino que prevalece en la cultura tiene efectos insatisfacción muscular, fenómeno es común gimnasios, donde el 10 y hasta 20% los levantadores pesas presentan dismorfia muscular (DM). Aunado a ello, existe evidencia relación entre DM alexitimia (AL). Objetivo. Identificar prevalencia universitarios, buscando conocer las variables predicen dismorfia. Método. Estudio...