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  • Men's Health
  • Eating Disorders

Background:

  • Disordered eating is common in men but understudied.
  • A muscular body ideal, not a thin one, is key for men's eating disorders.
  • Interpersonal factors may influence problematic exercise in men.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Examine links between interpersonal functioning and problematic exercise in undergraduate men.
  • Investigate drive for muscularity, exercise dependence, and compulsive exercise.
  • Apply the interpersonal model to understand men's disordered eating behaviors.

Main Methods:

  • Cross-sectional and micro-longitudinal online surveys.
  • Sample of undergraduate men.
  • Measured interpersonal functioning and problematic exercise.

Main Results:

  • Social distress associated with drive for muscularity and exercise dependence.
  • Compulsive exercise prospectively linked to social support dissatisfaction.
  • Confirmed cross-sectional associations between social distress and exercise behaviors.

Conclusions:

  • Interpersonal functioning is linked to disordered eating behaviors in men.
  • Findings highlight potential clinical targets for problematic exercise in college men.
  • Results support previous research on interpersonal factors and eating disorders.