Susan B Murray
Biographic Data
| ID | 288011 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Susan B Murray |
| GIVEN NAMES | Susan B |
| FAMILY NAME | Murray |
| SIGNATURE | MURRAY S B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Southern California |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5588-2915 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 35 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 91 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 35 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Recent alcohol use and binge drinking behaviors among sexual minority undergraduate women and sorority members
Purpose Sorority members and sexual minority (SM) women engage in high rates of alcohol consumption and risky drinking in the college environment. Little is known of the alcohol use behaviors of SM sorority members, who may be especially at-risk. This paper aims to not only further investigate SM undergraduate women’s alcohol use broadly but also to understand how sorority affiliation may potentially impact their use patterns. Design/methodology/…
Relationships between drive for muscularity, muscularity-oriented eating behaviors, and muscle dysmorphia: A study with cisgender lesbian and bisexual women
Individuals with Muscle Dysmorphia (MD) exhibit a high drive for muscularity and muscularity-oriented eating behavior. Sexual minorities are also vulnerable to disturbances in body image and eating behavior; however, research on MD in sexual minority women is scarce. Therefore, the present study aimed to propose and evaluate an exploratory theoretical model of MD in Brazilian cisgender lesbian and bisexual women that includes sociodemographic var…
Leveraging machine learning to identify gendered stereotypes and body image concerns on diet and fitness online forums
Associations Between Food Restriction, Alcohol and Marijuana Use and Co-Use, and Consequences Among College Students
BACKGROUND: Simultaneous alcohol and marijuana use (SAM) and food restriction on days students intend to drink are associated with an increased risk of substance use-related consequences. However, these negative outcomes have been studied mostly in alcohol-only use contexts. Little is known about the combination of alcohol, marijuana, SAM, and food restriction. Therefore, the current cross-sectional study investigated whether alcohol, marijuana, …
Self-stigma of seeking psychological help and mental health treatment utilization among boys and men with possible muscle dysmorphia
College students’ eating disorder risk at the intersection of sexual and gender identity and weight status
Muscle Dysmorphia and Emotion Regulation: Findings From the Study of Boys and Men
This study aimed to determine the association between muscle dysmorphia and emotion regulation difficulties among a sample of boys and men in Canada and the United States ( N = 1553). Multiple adjusted linear regression analyses were used to determine whether boys and men with probable muscle dysmorphia had higher scores on the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation 18-Item (DERS-18) measure. Participants with probable muscle dysmorphia, compared to …
Exploring body ideal internalization, sociocultural pressures, and probable muscle dysmorphia in Canadian and American boys and men
Eating disorders among an online sample of Canadian and American boys and men
There is a continued need to identify the prevalence and sociodemographic correlates of eating disorders, particularly among the under-researched group of boys and men, to inform prevention and intervention efforts. Data from The Study of Boys and Men, a sample of 1553 boys and men aged between 15 and 35 years in Canada and the United States, were analyzed in 2024. Probable eating disorder diagnoses were identified using a previously established …
Evaluating the muscularity-oriented eating test: Factor structure and psychometric properties among university athletes and across sexes
Introduction: Imagining technologies for disability futures
Masculinity and Muscle Dysmorphia in Mixed Gender Canadian Youth
Use of Legal Appearance- and Performance-Enhancing Drugs and Substances: Findings from the Canadian Study of Adolescent Health Behaviors
BACKGROUND: Use of appearance- and performance-enhancing drugs and substances (APEDS) is common among adolescent and young adults. Many APEDS are legally sold "over-the-counter," however research has documented contamination of legal APEDS and many adverse effects of use. Despite this, little research has been conducted on legal APEDS use in Canada, particularly regarding the prevalence and sociodemographic predictors of use, which was the aim of…
Adverse childhood experiences and early adolescent cyberbullying in the United States
INTRODUCTION: With the increasing use of social media and online platforms among adolescents, the relationship between traumatic life events and cyberbullying remains unclear. This study aimed to determine the associations between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and cyberbullying victimization among a racially/ethnically and socioeconomically diverse sample of early adolescents. METHODS: We analyzed longitudinal data from 10,317 participants…
Contemporary screen time modalities and disruptive behavior disorders in children: A prospective cohort study
BACKGROUND: Cross-sectional studies have demonstrated associations between screen time and disruptive behavior disorders (conduct disorder and oppositional defiant disorder); however, prospective associations remain unknown. This study's objective was to determine the prospective associations of contemporary screen time modalities with conduct and oppositional defiant disorder in a national cohort of 9-11-year-old children. METHODS: We analyzed d…
Mesolimbic Neurobehavioral Mechanisms of Reward Motivation in Anorexia Nervosa: A Multimodal Imaging Study
Diminished motivation to pursue and obtain primary and secondary rewards has been demonstrated in anorexia nervosa (AN). However, the neurobehavioral mechanisms underlying the behavioral activation component of aberrant reward motivation remains incompletely understood. This work aims to explore this underexplored facet of reward motivation in AN. We recruited female adolescents with AN, restricting type ( n = 32) and a healthy control group ( n …
Associations between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Performance-Enhancing Substance Use among Young Adults
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are associated with negative health outcomes, yet their associations with performance-enhancing substance (PES) use are unclear. This study aimed to determine whether ACEs predict greater use of legal and illegal PES in young adults. METHODS: = 14,322), Waves I (1994-1995) and III (2001-2002). ACEs included childhood sexual abuse, physical abuse, two neglect indicators, and cumulative…
The Muscularity-Oriented Eating Test, Drive for Muscularity Scale, and Muscle Dysmorphic Disorder Inventory among Chinese Men: Confirmatory Factor Analyses
Research on eating disorders (EDs) and body image disturbances has focused mostly on females from Western countries, and little is known about EDs in male populations in China, which is partially due to the lack of validated assessment measures. The current work aims to translate the Muscularity-Oriented Eating Test (MOET), Drive for Muscularity Scale (DMS) and Muscle Dysmorphic Disorder Inventory (MDDI) into Chinese and examine their psychometri…
Relative strength of the associations of body fat, muscularity, height, and penis size dissatisfaction with psychological quality of life impairment among sexual minority men
To date, there is scant research on whether different domains of male body dissatisfaction vary in the strengthof their relationships with psychological well-being. This paucity also extends to sexual minority men (i.e.,men who report their sexual orientation as gay or bisexual). Thus, among sexual minority men, we examinedthe relative strength of the associations of four key male body dissatisfaction domains body fat, muscularity,height, and pen…
Fear of Negative Evaluation and Weight/Shape Concerns among Adolescents: The Moderating Effects of Gender and Weight Status
The enigma of male eating disorders: A critical review and synthesis
Disability and Memory in Posthuman(ist) Narrative: Reading Prosthesis and Amnesia in Hollywood’s Re-membering of the ‘War on Terror’
What is the memory of the human in posthuman formations of cultural narrative? To what extent is such memory driven by a powerful anti-humanism or, conversely, a nostalgia for a human(ist) modes of being? This article will argue that a consideration of disability representation offers an optic through which to addresses these questions. It will focus on two terms – prosthesis and amnesia – that describe disability experiences but are also central…
Color-Blind Contradictions and Black/White Binaries: White Academics Upholding Whiteness
This qualitative study maps ‘locally situated’ (Twine and Gallagher 2008), contours of whiteness as cultural practice and institutional discourse by examining how white college faculty, staff, and administrators respond to multiracial educational environments and multicultural ideals. Drawing on depth interviews with thirty white administrators, faculty, and staff, this study finds that these white educators adhered to an intermittent form of col…
Anabolic Steroid Misuse Among US Adolescent Boys: Disparities by Sexual Orientation and Race/Ethnicity
Objectives. To examine the prevalence of anabolic steroid misuse among US adolescent boys as a function of sexual orientation and race/ethnicity. Methods. We analyzed boys from the 2015 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (n = 6248; mean age = 16), a representative sample of US high school students. Lifetime prevalence of anabolic steroid misuse was dichotomized as never versus 1 or more times. Results. Sexual minority boys reported elevated misuse compar…
Emotion dysregulation moderates the link between perfectionism and dysmorphic appearance concern
Past research has revealed a relationship of perfectionism with dysmorphic appearance concern (DAC). Little research, however, has examined moderators of this relationship, including among men, whose appearance concerns are underresearched compared with women. Emotion regulation is one potential moderator that may be particularly compromised among men. Thus, the aim of the present study was to examine the role of emotion dysregulation in the rela…
Whitened rainbows: How white college students protect whiteness through diversity discourses
This qualitative study investigates white students’ attitudes toward campus diversity at a large, multiracial public university. Drawing upon focus group data gathered from a larger campus climate study, we identified four themes: participants voiced that: (1) racial diversity fosters campus tolerance; (2) diversity fragments into de facto racial segregation; (3) institutional support of diversity undermines and excludes whites; and (4) the unive…
Child Care Work: Intimacy in the Shadows of Family-Life
We All Love Charles: Men in Child Care and the Social Construction of Gender
Based on four years of participant-observation field research and focused interviews with men and women child care workers, the author analyzes how the marking of men workers and their experiences doing child care work show how deeply feminized the work of child care is. When men choose to do child care work, they become suspect. This suspicion manifests in restriction of men's access to children in child care centers. Restricted access of men wo…
Extending the masculinity hypothesis: An investigation of gender role conformity, body dissatisfaction, and disordered eating in young heterosexual men
Gender role norms may play a crucial role in the male experience of eating disorders. The masculinity hypothesis proposes that conformity to masculine gender roles including dominance, confidence, sexual success, and physical and emotional self-control places men at risk for muscularity-oriented bod
A Spy, a Shill, a Go-Between1, or a Sociologist: Unveiling the 'Observer' in Participant Observer
Based on data gathered from two field research projects, the author examines two key questions that underlie her process of becoming a sociologist: (1) How did I negotiate my multiple identities in the field, and (2) What am I really, 'a spy, a shill, a go-between' or a sociologist? Drawing from Goffman's dramaturgical model, the author contends that much of the process of becoming a sociologist occurs within the shifting front and back regions i…
Relative strength of the associations of body fat, muscularity, height, and penis size dissatisfaction with psychological quality of life impairment among sexual minority men
To date, there is scant research on whether different domains of male body dissatisfaction vary in the strengthof their relationships with psychological well-being. This paucity also extends to sexual minority men (i.e.,men who report their sexual orientation as gay or bisexual). Thus, among sexual minority men, we examinedthe relative strength of the associations of four key male body dissatisfaction domains body fat, muscularity,height, and pen…
Getting Paid in Smiles: The Gendering of Child Care Work
Based on four and a half years of participant-observation field research and focused interviews with men and women child care workers, the author examines the occupational processes of the entry and tenure of workers, paying particular attention to gender as it manifests in the meanings and actions involved in becoming and continuing as a child care worker. As men and women workers go about the business of becoming and being child care workers, t…
Masculinity and Muscle Dysmorphia in Mixed Gender Canadian Youth
Anabolic Steroid Misuse Among US Adolescent Boys: Disparities by Sexual Orientation and Race/Ethnicity
Objectives. To examine the prevalence of anabolic steroid misuse among US adolescent boys as a function of sexual orientation and race/ethnicity. Methods. We analyzed boys from the 2015 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (n = 6248; mean age = 16), a representative sample of US high school students. Lifetime prevalence of anabolic steroid misuse was dichotomized as never versus 1 or more times. Results. Sexual minority boys reported elevated misuse compar…
Exploring body ideal internalization, sociocultural pressures, and probable muscle dysmorphia in Canadian and American boys and men
Disability and Memory in Posthuman(ist) Narrative: Reading Prosthesis and Amnesia in Hollywood’s Re-membering of the ‘War on Terror’
What is the memory of the human in posthuman formations of cultural narrative? To what extent is such memory driven by a powerful anti-humanism or, conversely, a nostalgia for a human(ist) modes of being? This article will argue that a consideration of disability representation offers an optic through which to addresses these questions. It will focus on two terms – prosthesis and amnesia – that describe disability experiences but are also central…
Emotion dysregulation moderates the link between perfectionism and dysmorphic appearance concern
Past research has revealed a relationship of perfectionism with dysmorphic appearance concern (DAC). Little research, however, has examined moderators of this relationship, including among men, whose appearance concerns are underresearched compared with women. Emotion regulation is one potential moderator that may be particularly compromised among men. Thus, the aim of the present study was to examine the role of emotion dysregulation in the rela…
A Case of Strategic Couples Therapy in Adult Anorexia Nervosa: The Importance of Symptoms in Context
When a Scratch Becomes 'A Scary Story: The Social Construction of Micro Panics in Center-Based Child Care
This study analyzes the everyday world of center-based child care and the climate of suspicion that permeates that world. Based on four and a half years of participant observation field research and thirty focused interviews with men and women child care workers, the author examines the existence of 'micro panics' which occur in child care centers when deviant labels are attached to caregiving acts or activities. Drawing from traditional Moral Pa…
We All Love Charles: Men in Child Care and the Social Construction of Gender
Based on four years of participant-observation field research and focused interviews with men and women child care workers, the author analyzes how the marking of men workers and their experiences doing child care work show how deeply feminized the work of child care is. When men choose to do child care work, they become suspect. This suspicion manifests in restriction of men's access to children in child care centers. Restricted access of men wo…
Child Care Work: Intimacy in the Shadows of Family-Life
Getting Paid in Smiles: The Gendering of Child Care Work
Based on four and a half years of participant-observation field research and focused interviews with men and women child care workers, the author examines the occupational processes of the entry and tenure of workers, paying particular attention to gender as it manifests in the meanings and actions involved in becoming and continuing as a child care worker. As men and women workers go about the business of becoming and being child care workers, t…
When a Scratch Becomes 'A Scary Story: The Social Construction of Micro Panics in Center-Based Child Care
This study analyzes the everyday world of center-based child care and the climate of suspicion that permeates that world. Based on four and a half years of participant observation field research and thirty focused interviews with men and women child care workers, the author examines the existence of 'micro panics' which occur in child care centers when deviant labels are attached to caregiving acts or activities. Drawing from traditional Moral Pa…
Spousal Abuse: Vietnamese Children's Reports of Parental Violence
This exploratory study used mailed questionnaires completed by 131 Vietnamese students to examine domestic violence patterns in parents' marital relationships. Research objectives included: (1) gaining an understanding of spousal abuse among Vietnamese couples; and (2) assessing which variables (demographic characteristics, decision-making power, and cultural adaptation, beliefs in traditional gender roles, and conflicts in the family) are correl…
A Spy, a Shill, a Go-Between1, or a Sociologist: Unveiling the 'Observer' in Participant Observer
Based on data gathered from two field research projects, the author examines two key questions that underlie her process of becoming a sociologist: (1) How did I negotiate my multiple identities in the field, and (2) What am I really, 'a spy, a shill, a go-between' or a sociologist? Drawing from Goffman's dramaturgical model, the author contends that much of the process of becoming a sociologist occurs within the shifting front and back regions i…
The Questioning Process in Maudsley Family-Based Treatment. Part 1: Deviation Amplification
Extending the masculinity hypothesis: An investigation of gender role conformity, body dissatisfaction, and disordered eating in young heterosexual men
Gender role norms may play a crucial role in the male experience of eating disorders. The masculinity hypothesis proposes that conformity to masculine gender roles including dominance, confidence, sexual success, and physical and emotional self-control places men at risk for muscularity-oriented bod
A Case of Strategic Couples Therapy in Adult Anorexia Nervosa: The Importance of Symptoms in Context
Whitened rainbows: How white college students protect whiteness through diversity discourses
This qualitative study investigates white students’ attitudes toward campus diversity at a large, multiracial public university. Drawing upon focus group data gathered from a larger campus climate study, we identified four themes: participants voiced that: (1) racial diversity fosters campus tolerance; (2) diversity fragments into de facto racial segregation; (3) institutional support of diversity undermines and excludes whites; and (4) the unive…
Emotion dysregulation moderates the link between perfectionism and dysmorphic appearance concern
Past research has revealed a relationship of perfectionism with dysmorphic appearance concern (DAC). Little research, however, has examined moderators of this relationship, including among men, whose appearance concerns are underresearched compared with women. Emotion regulation is one potential moderator that may be particularly compromised among men. Thus, the aim of the present study was to examine the role of emotion dysregulation in the rela…
The enigma of male eating disorders: A critical review and synthesis
Disability and Memory in Posthuman(ist) Narrative: Reading Prosthesis and Amnesia in Hollywood’s Re-membering of the ‘War on Terror’
What is the memory of the human in posthuman formations of cultural narrative? To what extent is such memory driven by a powerful anti-humanism or, conversely, a nostalgia for a human(ist) modes of being? This article will argue that a consideration of disability representation offers an optic through which to addresses these questions. It will focus on two terms – prosthesis and amnesia – that describe disability experiences but are also central…
Color-Blind Contradictions and Black/White Binaries: White Academics Upholding Whiteness
This qualitative study maps ‘locally situated’ (Twine and Gallagher 2008), contours of whiteness as cultural practice and institutional discourse by examining how white college faculty, staff, and administrators respond to multiracial educational environments and multicultural ideals. Drawing on depth interviews with thirty white administrators, faculty, and staff, this study finds that these white educators adhered to an intermittent form of col…
Anabolic Steroid Misuse Among US Adolescent Boys: Disparities by Sexual Orientation and Race/Ethnicity
Objectives. To examine the prevalence of anabolic steroid misuse among US adolescent boys as a function of sexual orientation and race/ethnicity. Methods. We analyzed boys from the 2015 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (n = 6248; mean age = 16), a representative sample of US high school students. Lifetime prevalence of anabolic steroid misuse was dichotomized as never versus 1 or more times. Results. Sexual minority boys reported elevated misuse compar…
Relative strength of the associations of body fat, muscularity, height, and penis size dissatisfaction with psychological quality of life impairment among sexual minority men
To date, there is scant research on whether different domains of male body dissatisfaction vary in the strengthof their relationships with psychological well-being. This paucity also extends to sexual minority men (i.e.,men who report their sexual orientation as gay or bisexual). Thus, among sexual minority men, we examinedthe relative strength of the associations of four key male body dissatisfaction domains body fat, muscularity,height, and pen…
Fear of Negative Evaluation and Weight/Shape Concerns among Adolescents: The Moderating Effects of Gender and Weight Status
Associations between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Performance-Enhancing Substance Use among Young Adults
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are associated with negative health outcomes, yet their associations with performance-enhancing substance (PES) use are unclear. This study aimed to determine whether ACEs predict greater use of legal and illegal PES in young adults. METHODS: = 14,322), Waves I (1994-1995) and III (2001-2002). ACEs included childhood sexual abuse, physical abuse, two neglect indicators, and cumulative…
The Muscularity-Oriented Eating Test, Drive for Muscularity Scale, and Muscle Dysmorphic Disorder Inventory among Chinese Men: Confirmatory Factor Analyses
Research on eating disorders (EDs) and body image disturbances has focused mostly on females from Western countries, and little is known about EDs in male populations in China, which is partially due to the lack of validated assessment measures. The current work aims to translate the Muscularity-Oriented Eating Test (MOET), Drive for Muscularity Scale (DMS) and Muscle Dysmorphic Disorder Inventory (MDDI) into Chinese and examine their psychometri…
Mesolimbic Neurobehavioral Mechanisms of Reward Motivation in Anorexia Nervosa: A Multimodal Imaging Study
Diminished motivation to pursue and obtain primary and secondary rewards has been demonstrated in anorexia nervosa (AN). However, the neurobehavioral mechanisms underlying the behavioral activation component of aberrant reward motivation remains incompletely understood. This work aims to explore this underexplored facet of reward motivation in AN. We recruited female adolescents with AN, restricting type ( n = 32) and a healthy control group ( n …
Use of Legal Appearance- and Performance-Enhancing Drugs and Substances: Findings from the Canadian Study of Adolescent Health Behaviors
BACKGROUND: Use of appearance- and performance-enhancing drugs and substances (APEDS) is common among adolescent and young adults. Many APEDS are legally sold "over-the-counter," however research has documented contamination of legal APEDS and many adverse effects of use. Despite this, little research has been conducted on legal APEDS use in Canada, particularly regarding the prevalence and sociodemographic predictors of use, which was the aim of…
Adverse childhood experiences and early adolescent cyberbullying in the United States
INTRODUCTION: With the increasing use of social media and online platforms among adolescents, the relationship between traumatic life events and cyberbullying remains unclear. This study aimed to determine the associations between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and cyberbullying victimization among a racially/ethnically and socioeconomically diverse sample of early adolescents. METHODS: We analyzed longitudinal data from 10,317 participants…
Contemporary screen time modalities and disruptive behavior disorders in children: A prospective cohort study
BACKGROUND: Cross-sectional studies have demonstrated associations between screen time and disruptive behavior disorders (conduct disorder and oppositional defiant disorder); however, prospective associations remain unknown. This study's objective was to determine the prospective associations of contemporary screen time modalities with conduct and oppositional defiant disorder in a national cohort of 9-11-year-old children. METHODS: We analyzed d…
Introduction: Imagining technologies for disability futures
Masculinity and Muscle Dysmorphia in Mixed Gender Canadian Youth
Psychology (29 works) · Eating Disorders and Behaviors (19 works) · Clinical Psychology (18 works) · Medicine (16 works) · Developmental psychology (12 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Eating disorders (10 works) · Clinical Psychology (9 works) · Social Psychology (9 works) · Psychiatry (7 works)