Muscle dysmorphia: detection of the use-abuse of anabolic androgenic steroids in a Spanish sample/Dismorfia Muscular: deteccion del uso-abuso de esteroides anabolizantes androgenicos en una muestra espanola
People who suffer from muscle dysmorphia due to a distorted body image perceive themselves as less muscular than they actually are. With the aim of increasing their muscular development, they resort to the use of anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS). The purpose of this study is to know the prevalence...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Adicciones (Palma de Mallorca) 2018-12, Vol.30 (4), p.243 |
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Zusammenfassung: | People who suffer from muscle dysmorphia due to a distorted body image perceive themselves as less muscular than they actually are. With the aim of increasing their muscular development, they resort to the use of anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS). The purpose of this study is to know the prevalence of the use of AAS in a Spanish sample affected by muscle dysmorphia. The study sample was comprised of 562 male and 172 female bodybuilders and weightlifters who were applied anthropometric measurements, Fat-Free Mass Index equation, Escala de Satisfaccion Muscular, and Somatomorphic Matrix software. The results show the creation of decision trees and a regression model was used to create explanatory models for muscle dysmorphia (R = .78 and R2 = .62). The main conclusion is that almost 50% of both male and female participants affected by this disorder use this kind of AAS.Key words: muscle dysmorphia; steroids; bodybuilders.Las personas que padecen Dismorfia Muscular (DM) debido a una distorsion en la imagen corporal, se perciben menos musculosas de lo que son en realidad. Para paliar este problema y con el fin de aumentar su musculatura, algunas de estas personas hacen uso de hormonas ilegales, como son los esteroides anabolizantes androgenicos (EAA), cuya funcion principal es aumentar la musculatura. El objetivo de este estudio es conocer la prevalencia del uso de EAA en personas afectadas por Dismorfia Muscular. La muestra de este estudio estaba compuesto de 562 hombres y 172 mujeres fisicoculturistas y levantadores de pesas, a los que se le administraron medidas antropometricas, la ecuacion Fat-Free Mass Index, el cuestionario Escala de Satisfaccion Muscular y el test informatizado Somatomorphic Matrix. Como resultado se crearon diferentes modelos de regresion de la DM, empleando las tecnicas estadisticas de arboles de decision (R = .78 y R2 = .62) de mineria de datos. La principal conclusion es que el 50% de participantes afectados por este trastorno usa EAA.Palabras clave: dismorfia muscular; esteroides; fisicoculturistas. |
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ISSN: | 0214-4840 |