The current study examines the influence of self-objectification on men’s drive for muscularity, body satisfaction and self-esteem, and symptoms of muscle dysmorphia. Participants were 74 men recruited to complete an on-line self-report questionnaire to measure these experiences. The results indicate that men who scored high on measures of self-objectification also indicated a greater drive for muscularity and more symptoms of muscle dysmorphia compared to men who scored low on measures of self-objectification. No differences were found between the two groups on measures body satisfaction and self-esteem. These findings suggest that self-objectification increases men’s risk for experiencing symptoms of muscle dysmorphia. The results of the study support Grieve’s (2007) etiological model for muscle dysmorphia.
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Grieve et al. (2008) studied this question.