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Body-Related Attentional Bias among Men with High and Low Muscularity Dissatisfaction
Previous studies have found gender differences in body-related attentional bias (AB), with women showing AB towards weight-related body parts. However, few studies have assessed the relationship between body-related AB and muscularity dissatisfaction (MD) in men. This study aimed to assess the prese...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7355895/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32512745 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm9061736 |
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author | Porras-Garcia, Bruno Exposito-Sanz, Erik Ferrer-Garcia, Marta Castillero-Mimenza, Oscar Gutiérrez-Maldonado, José |
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description | Previous studies have found gender differences in body-related attentional bias (AB), with women showing AB towards weight-related body parts. However, few studies have assessed the relationship between body-related AB and muscularity dissatisfaction (MD) in men. This study aimed to assess the presence of muscle-related AB in men, using a combination of a virtual reality (VR) embodiment-based technique and eye-tracking (ET) technology. Twenty men with high MD and 20 with low MD, owned a virtual avatar that had the same silhouette and body mass index as the participant. To analyze the gaze data, muscle-related areas of interest (M-AOIs) and nonmuscle-related areas of interest (NM-AOIs) were defined. The complete fixation time and the number of fixations on each AOI were recorded. Mixed between (group)-within (AOI_condition) analyses of variance showed a statistically significant interaction between group and time (p < 0.05) in both AB measures. Follow-up analyses revealed an AB towards M-AOIs only in men with high MD. Overall, men with high MD spent more time looking and displayed a higher number of fixations on M-AOIs, specifically the chest and shoulders, compared to men with low MD. This study provides new information about the relationship between MD and body-related AB in men. Combining VR with ET technologies presents interesting opportunities in the study of body image in men. |
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spelling | pubmed-73558952020-07-22 Body-Related Attentional Bias among Men with High and Low Muscularity Dissatisfaction Porras-Garcia, Bruno Exposito-Sanz, Erik Ferrer-Garcia, Marta Castillero-Mimenza, Oscar Gutiérrez-Maldonado, José J Clin Med Article Previous studies have found gender differences in body-related attentional bias (AB), with women showing AB towards weight-related body parts. However, few studies have assessed the relationship between body-related AB and muscularity dissatisfaction (MD) in men. This study aimed to assess the presence of muscle-related AB in men, using a combination of a virtual reality (VR) embodiment-based technique and eye-tracking (ET) technology. Twenty men with high MD and 20 with low MD, owned a virtual avatar that had the same silhouette and body mass index as the participant. To analyze the gaze data, muscle-related areas of interest (M-AOIs) and nonmuscle-related areas of interest (NM-AOIs) were defined. The complete fixation time and the number of fixations on each AOI were recorded. Mixed between (group)-within (AOI_condition) analyses of variance showed a statistically significant interaction between group and time (p < 0.05) in both AB measures. Follow-up analyses revealed an AB towards M-AOIs only in men with high MD. Overall, men with high MD spent more time looking and displayed a higher number of fixations on M-AOIs, specifically the chest and shoulders, compared to men with low MD. This study provides new information about the relationship between MD and body-related AB in men. Combining VR with ET technologies presents interesting opportunities in the study of body image in men. MDPI 2020-06-04 /pmc/articles/PMC7355895/ /pubmed/32512745 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm9061736 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Porras-Garcia, Bruno Exposito-Sanz, Erik Ferrer-Garcia, Marta Castillero-Mimenza, Oscar Gutiérrez-Maldonado, José Body-Related Attentional Bias among Men with High and Low Muscularity Dissatisfaction |
title | Body-Related Attentional Bias among Men with High and Low Muscularity Dissatisfaction |
title_full | Body-Related Attentional Bias among Men with High and Low Muscularity Dissatisfaction |
title_fullStr | Body-Related Attentional Bias among Men with High and Low Muscularity Dissatisfaction |
title_full_unstemmed | Body-Related Attentional Bias among Men with High and Low Muscularity Dissatisfaction |
title_short | Body-Related Attentional Bias among Men with High and Low Muscularity Dissatisfaction |
title_sort | body-related attentional bias among men with high and low muscularity dissatisfaction |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7355895/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32512745 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm9061736 |
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