Autoestima y su relación con la dismorfia muscular en usuarios de un gimnasio

Abstract

The main goal of this project was to determine the relationship between self esteem’s levels and muscle dysmorphia’s risk in gym users. This was a quantitative investigation because 97 gym users were selected with exclusion and inclusion criteria. Also, the data was collected through the application of standardized psychometric instruments: Rosenberg Self Steem Scale and Muscle Appearance Satisfaction Scale. In order to verify the hypothesis, an statistical analysis was done, the data didn’t fulfill the normality criteria so it was necessary to apply rho Spearman nonparametric test. After that, the data was analyzed and the conclusion that there isn’t any correlation between self-esteem’s levels and muscle dysmorphia’s risk came up. Furthermore, it was found that a high level of self-esteem prevails in gym users. Also, more than the half of the users are on risk of muscle dysmorphia. Finally, men are the ones that have a higher risk of muscle dysmorphia than women