Body-image dissatisfaction among American male and female college students: a computer-based graphical approach.
College students (56 women and 43 men) attending state colleges in the southwestern United States were tested for body-image dissatisfaction using a computer-based graphical body-image task. A reliable relationship between desired stature and desired body-image was observed for the women. Women of large stature showed a greater discrepancy between verbally reported desired stature and redrawn images of desired stature than women of average or smaller than average stature. No reliable discrepancy between desired body-image and verbally reported desired stature was shown by the men.
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Center for Environmental Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe 85287-3211.
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D000328:Adult; D001828:Body Image; D001835:Body Weight; D003196:Computer Graphics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010469:Perceptual Distortion; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D014796:Visual Perception