Abstract

ARBINAGA IBARZABAL, FÉLIX. Bodybuilders Who Consume Anabolic Steroids and its Relationship with Their Physical Self Description and Rheir Physical Social Anxiety. Univ. Psychol. [online]. 2011, vol.10, n.1, pp.137-147. ISSN 1657-9267.

The characteristics of physical and social anxiety and the physical self description in 55 male bodybuilders who use anabolic steroids and 95 non users are determined, the consumption is being valued through the Fat Free Body Mass. On the SPAS scale the consumers give higher values to the non consumers in the total score, and in the Expectation towards a Negative Assessment, and very slight differences in the Comfort with their Physical Presence. In self description, valued through the PSDQ, it is shown that non users get a higher score in self description. Nevertheless, there are no differences given in the global scores in self description of the physical form. Inverse and significant correlations are observed between the two scales; with the dimension Physical Self Description, and with Self Description of the Physical Form.

Keywords : Bodybuilding; Steroids; Anxiety; Self Description; Bodybuilding; Self Psychology; Steroids.

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