Body-image perceptions: reliability of a BMI-based Silhouette Matching Test.
OBJECTIVE
To assess the reliability of a BMI-based Silhouette Matching Test (BMI-SMT).


METHODS
The perceptions of ideal and current body images of 215 ninth through twelfth graders' were assessed at 5 different schools within a mid-Atlantic state public school system.


RESULTS
Findings provided quantifiable data and discriminating measurements of community and population-based body image perceptions.


CONCLUSIONS
The BMI-SMT technique provided reliable information to help community and individual-based programs track and measure body-image perception data among individuals and populations.
Peterson
Michael
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Department of Health and Exercise Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA. pmpeter@udel.edu
Ellenberg
Deborah
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Crossan
Sarah
S
D000293:Adolescent; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001828:Body Image; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001835:Body Weight / Q000208:ethnology*; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D005556:Form Perception; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008873:Mid-Atlantic Region; D010781:Photography; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012574:Schools; D013008:Somatotypes; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires