title: Body-image distortion among male and female American and Costa Rican students and female Japanese students.
abstract: 395 American male and female high school and college students, 286 Costa Rican male and female high school students, and 127 Japanese female college students were tested for body-image distortion using a computer-based body-image distortion task. A reliable negative relationship between stature and body-image distortion was observed. No reliable differences in body-image distortion were observed between different sex or cultural groups.
authors.affiliation: Center for Environmental Studies Arizona State University.
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Gustavson
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Gustavson
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Pumariega
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Herrera-Amighetti
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pate
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hester
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Gabaldon
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001827:Body Height; D001828:Body Image; D001835:Body Weight; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D010469:Perceptual Distortion; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D014481:United States