Our Bodies, Ourselves Revisited: Male Body Image and Psychological Well-Being DAVID TAGER GLENN E. GOOD University of Missouri, Columbia JULIE BAUER MORRISON Glendale Community College Given increasing objectification of the male body and rising steroid and sup- plement use among young men, it is imperative to explore associations be- tween body image, masculine norms, and psychological well-being. This study examines correlations between these constructs in 101 male college stu- dents. Results revealed significant associations between participants' physical self-evaluations and two aspects of psychological well-being. Appearance evaluation accounted for approximately 20 percent of variance in participants' psychological self-acceptance. Body image correlated positively with per- ceived environmental mastery and with the masculine norm of dominance. A negative correlation was observed between childhood victimization and body image. Participants who considered themselves overweight reported lower self-acceptance than participants who considered themselves to be under- weight. Results support the hypothesis that body image has become a signif- icant predictor of psychological well-being in young men. Keywords: male body, body image, masculine norms, psychological well- being, weight There is substantial literature on the relations of negative body image to self-con- cept, eating disorders, and psychological distress in females, and on addressing body image issues in counseling (e.g., Fallon, Katzman, & Wooley, 1994; Johnson, Roberts, David Tager, Department of Educational, School, and Counseling Psychology, University of Missouri, Columbia; Glenn E. Good, Department of Educational, School, and Counseling Psychology, University of Missouri, Columbia; Julie Bauer Morrison, Department of Psychology, Glendale Community College. Correspondence conceming this article should be addressed to David Tager, Department of Educational, School, and Counseling Psychology, 16 Hill Hall, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211-2130. Elec- tronic mail: dst79c@mizzou.edu Imernational Journal of Men's Health, Vol. 5, No. 3, Fall 2006,228-237. © 2006 by the Men's Studies Press, LLC. http://www.mensstudies.com. All rights reserved. 1532-6306.0503.228 228