title: Methodological concerns when using silhouettes to measure body image.
abstract: This paper discusses methodological concerns of using silhouette figures to measure body images. These include concerns related to scale coarseness (limiting response options to one of a finite number of drawings), restriction of range, method of presentation, and scale of measurement. Recommendations are made to address these limitations, and an alternative silhouette scale using continuous scale measurements is proposed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Colorado at Denver 80217-3364, USA. RGardner@Carbon.cudenver.edu
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Gardner
authors.forename: B N
authors.initials: BN
authors.lastname: Friedman
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Jackson
mesh_terms: D001828:Body Image; D001835:Body Weight; D005260:Female; D005556:Form Perception; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012107:Research Design; D013008:Somatotypes