Intrasexual competition as a potential influence on anabolic-androgenic steroid use initiation

Harris, Marc Ashley; Dünn, Michael J.; Alwyn, Tina

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“…While we might expect these effects to be more pronounced among women (Buss & Dedden, 1990), recent research has suggested that men's use of steroids (a potential route to muscular enhancement) is also associated with intrasexual competition (Harris, Dunn, & Alwyn, 2017).…”

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“…We chose to manipulate physical attractiveness as this is a variable that is clearly displayed in the sexually explicit images that is also linked to both intrasexual competition and rival derogation, and potentially to offense-related cognition (e.g., rape myths related to female appearance; Burt, 1980). Although we might expect these effects to be more pronounced among women (Buss & Dedden, 1990), recent research has suggested that men’s use of steroids (a potential route to muscular enhancement) is also associated with intrasexual competition (Harris et al, 2019).…”

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Intrasexual Competition as a Predictor of Women’s Judgments of Revenge Pornography Offending

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Recent legislative developments have led to a marked increase in the empirical investigation of motivations and judgments of so-called acts of “revenge pornography” offending. In two independently sampled studies, we used moderation analyses to investigate whether higher levels of intrasexual competition predicted more lenient judgments of revenge pornography offenses as a function of sex (Study 1, N = 241), and whether such relationships would be further moderated by physical attractiveness (Study 2, N = 402). Potential covariates of callous-unemotional traits, empathy, and victimization history were controlled for. Opposing our hypotheses, we consistently observed a trend for higher levels of intrasexual competition being associated with more lenient judgments of revenge pornography offenses involving male victims by female participants. The results are discussed in terms of intrasexual competition potentially sharing variance with unobserved constructs in the wider sexological literature, and of the key relevance of these findings for future empirical investigation into judgments of nonconsensual image–based offending.

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Intrasexual Competition as a Predictor of Women’s Judgments of Revenge Pornography Offending

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“…Motives for commencement, continuation, and potential cessation of IPED use should also receive continued research attention [ 92 , 98 , 120 ]. Key examples identified for further attention include body image [ 96 , 97 , 129 ], muscle dysmorphia [ 94 ], muscularity [ 82 ], masculinity [ 87 , 130 ], and hypogonadism [ 99 , 113 , 115 ].…”

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Generating evidence on the use of Image and performance enhancing drugs in the UK: results from a scoping review and expert consultation by the Anabolic Steroid UK network

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Background The use of anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) and associated image and performance enhancing drugs (IPEDs) is now a global phenomenon. There is a need to develop evidence to support the development of interventions to prevent the commencement of use, to minimise the potential harms or to support those in their cessation of use. While the United Kingdom (UK) is no exception to this issue, its public health and legislative response to the phenomenon differs to other countries and requires the examination of research specific to the UK. Therefore, a scoping review has been conducted to examine the recent relevant literature to help inform the development and evaluation of effective interventions to reduce the harmful use of IPEDs. Methods A comprehensive search strategy was developed for multiple bibliographic databases, supported by and iterative citation searching process and complimented by expert input from the Anabolic Steroid UK Network. Research conducted by or UK academics or within the UK were eligible, if published in the previous five years. Results In total 87 eligible outputs were identified, including 26 review articles, 25 qualitative papers and 24 quantitative papers. together with small numbers of clinical studies/case reports (6) and commentaries/correspondence (6). The most common topics of research were public health, treatment and harm reduction (41), followed by studies focusing on epidemiology, sub-groups of people using IPEDs and motivations for use (34). The studies illustrated the diverse populations of people who use a range of enhancement drugs including concomitant psychoactive drug use. A number of papers focused on blood borne viruses and associated issues, while others reported on the uptake of needle and syringe programmes. No effectiveness evaluations related to any aspect of treatment, harm reduction or other intervention were published during study period. Conclusion There is a need for the development of effectiveness evaluations of current interventions and any future service provision for people using image and performance enhancing drugs. While there have been no studies of this nature to date, this review illustrates the rich data that has been gathered through diverse methodologies, that will assist in the development of future effectiveness evaluations.

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“…We chose to manipulate physical attractiveness as this is a variable that is clearly displayed in the sexually-explicit images that is also linked to both intrasexual competition and rival derogation, and potentially to offence-related cognition (e.g., rape myths related to female appearance; Burt, 1980). While we might expect these effects to be more pronounced among women (Buss & Dedden, 1990), recent research has suggested that men's use of steroids (a potential route to muscular enhancement) is also associated with intrasexual competition (Harris, Dunn, & Alwyn, 2017).…”

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confidence: 94%

Intrasexual competition as a predictor of women’s judgements of revenge pornography offending

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Recent legislative developments have led to a marked increase in the empirical investigation of motivations and judgements of so-called acts of ‘revenge pornography’ offending. In two independently-sampled studies, we used moderation analyses to investigate whether higher levels of intrasexual competition predicted more lenient judgements of revenge pornography offences as a function of sex (Study 1, N = 241), and whether such relationships would be further moderated by physical attractiveness (Study 2, N = 402). Potential covariates of callous-unemotional traits, empathy, and victimization history were controlled for. Opposing our hypotheses, we consistently observed a trend for higher levels of intrasexual competition being associated with more lenient judgements of revenge pornography offences involving male victims by female participants. The results are discussed in terms of intrasexual competition potentially sharing variance with unobserved constructs in the wider sexological literature, and of the key relevance of these findings for future empirical investigation into judgements of non-consensual image-based offending. Open data and a preprint of this paper are available at https://osf.io/y29fq/?view_only=568a2c403fcf428280914c149063db95.

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Intrasexual competition as a potential influence on anabolic-androgenic steroid use initiation

Cited by 10 publications

References 40 publications

Intrasexual Competition as a Predictor of Women’s Judgments of Revenge Pornography Offending

Intrasexual Competition as a Predictor of Women’s Judgments of Revenge Pornography Offending

Generating evidence on the use of Image and performance enhancing drugs in the UK: results from a scoping review and expert consultation by the Anabolic Steroid UK network

Intrasexual competition as a predictor of women’s judgements of revenge pornography offending

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