title: Attention and recognition biases associated with stature dissatisfaction among young men in China.
abstract: This research evaluated information-processing biases related to height dissatisfaction among young Chinese men. In Study 1, 32 highly stature dissatisfied (HSD) men and 36 less stature dissatisfied (LSD) men performed a dot probe task featuring height-related words and neutral words. HSD men were significantly slower than LSD men were in responding to probes that followed short stature words, but the groups did not differ in response speeds to probes that followed tall stature or neutral words. In Study 2, 33 HSD men and 34 LSD men completed an implicit learning task followed by a word recognition task. HSD men recognized significantly more short stature words from the initial task, but recognition accuracy for other word types did not differ between groups. Together, these findings suggest that HSD men are more inclined than LSD men to selectively avoid cues that reflect shortness in stature and to selectively recognize such cues later.
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China; Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Southwest University, Chongqing, China. Electronic address: chenhg@swu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.
authors.forename: Xiao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.affiliation: Zhengzhou Yutong Bus Co., Ltd., China.
authors.forename: Rui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China; Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Southwest University, Chongqing, China. Electronic address: toddjackson@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Todd
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jackson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D001827:Body Height; D001828:Body Image / Q000523:psychology*; D002681:China; D003463:Cues; D004644:Emotions; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011930:Reaction Time; D021641:Recognition, Psychology / Q000502:physiology*; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Attention; Height; Information-processing biases; Recognition; Stature dissatisfaction