Today, many women are driven to subscribe to a more athletically oriented appearance ideal hallmarked by muscle tone (referred to as athletic- or fit-looking). However, the constellation of unhealthy eating and exercise behaviors that may accompany the pursuit of toned muscularity among women is not yet well characterized. To address this knowledge gap, our study evaluated the associations among the female drive for toned muscularity and both thinness-oriented disordered eating behaviors (e.g., dietary restriction) and muscularity-oriented disordered eating behaviors (e.g., excessive scrutiny of macro-nutrient values of food), as well as dimensions of compulsive exercise. Participants were 388 Australian undergraduate women who completed an online questionnaire including self-report measures of said constructs. Hierarchical regression models were used to determine whether the drive for toned muscularity accounted for unique variance in eating and exercise behaviors after adjusting for theoretically relevant covariates. Results indicated independent relationships between the drive for toned muscularity and several facets of thinness- and muscularity-oriented disordered eating, as well as compulsive exercise (e.g., exercise rigidity). Our findings further contribute to an emerging literature illustrating that women driven to attain a toned appearance may be vulnerable to engaging in a wide range of maladaptive eating and exercise practices.

今天，许多女性被迫订阅以肌肉张力为标志的更具运动性的外观（称为运动型或合身型）。然而，伴随女性追求健美肌肉的一系列不健康饮食和运动行为尚未得到很好的描述。为了解决这一知识鸿沟，我们的研究评估了女性对强健肌肉的驱动与以瘦身为导向的无序饮食行为（例如，饮食限制）和以肌肉为导向的无序饮食行为（例如，对宏观营养价值的过度审查）之间的关联。食物），以及强迫性运动的维度。参与者是 388 名澳大利亚本科女性，她们完成了在线问卷调查，包括对上述结构的自我报告测量。在调整了理论上相关的协变量后，分层回归模型被用来确定对健美肌肉的驱动是否解释了饮食和运动行为的独特差异。结果表明，强健肌肉的驱动力与瘦身和肌肉发达的饮食失调的几个方面以及强迫性运动（例如，运动僵硬）之间存在独立的关系。我们的研究结果进一步促成了一项新兴文献的研究，该文献表明，追求健美外表的女性可能容易受到各种适应不良的饮食和运动习惯的影响。结果表明，强健肌肉的驱动力与瘦身和肌肉发达的饮食失调的几个方面以及强迫性运动（例如，运动僵硬）之间存在独立的关系。我们的研究结果进一步促成了一项新兴文献的研究，该文献表明，追求健美外表的女性可能容易受到各种适应不良的饮食和运动习惯的影响。结果表明，强健肌肉的驱动力与瘦身和肌肉发达的饮食失调的几个方面以及强迫性运动（例如，运动僵硬）之间存在独立的关系。我们的研究结果进一步促成了一项新兴文献的研究，该文献表明，追求健美外表的女性可能容易受到各种适应不良的饮食和运动习惯的影响。