Relations among Physical Attractiveness, Body Attitudes, and Self-Concept in Male and Female College Students

1973 ◽  
Vol 85 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard M. Lerner ◽  
Stuart A. Karabenick ◽  
Joyce L. Stuart
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Physical Attractiveness ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Female College ◽  
Body Attitudes

BOLD BUILD PERCEPTIONS IN MALE AND FEMALE COLLEGE STUDENTS

1979 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 153-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger C. Bailey ◽  
Norman E. Hankins
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Close Agreement ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
The Body ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Female College ◽  
Body Build ◽  
Males And Females

The Somatotype Rating Scale (SRS) was administered to 35 male and 35 female college students. The SRS allowed subjects to rate their own body build, their wished-for body build, and the body build of the typical and ideal male and female. While there was close agreement between males and females on the measures, females exhibited more dissatisfaction with their body build and greater congruency between their self-concept and their same-sex stereotype than did males. Results were discussed as possibly revealing the emergence of a mesomorphic body build ideal in both sexes.

Biased Attitudes toward Females as Indicated by Ratings of Intelligence and Likeability

1975 ◽  
Vol 37 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1315-1320 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosina C. Lao ◽  
Wilhelmina H. Upchurch ◽  
Betty J. Corwin ◽  
William F. Grossnickle
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Physical Attractiveness ◽  
Sex Role ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Female College ◽  
Role Players

This study was designed to unveil some unconscious negative stereotyped views toward females shared by male and female college students. It was hypothesized that generally males will be judged as being more intelligent and likeable than females. Furthermore, females acting in an inappropriate sex-role manner, such as being high assertive, will be evaluated as even less intelligent and likeable than males. A total of 643 undergraduates viewed video tapes in which two males and two females in turn played high, medium, and low assertive roles. Pretesting was used to assure that the role players' physical attractiveness had been equated and levels of assertiveness had been effectively manipulated. After viewing the tapes subjects rated the role players on intelligence and likeability. Results supported the hypotheses, suggesting that unfavorable attitudes toward females do exist.

Adults' Perceptions of Children's Independence and other Sex-Role Characteristics as a Function of Child's Gender Label

1978 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 955-962 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy J. Bell ◽  
Kay Hibbs ◽  
Thomas Milholland
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Sex Role ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Female College ◽  
Opposite Sex

Male and female college students were presented with a photograph labeled as a 5-yr.-old boy or girl and heard statements attributed to the child. They then rated the child on sex-role traits and responded to open-ended questions about the child. The primary findings involved sex of child by sex of adult interactions on ratings of independence and leadership: in both cases, same-sex children were rated higher than opposite-sex children. There was also some evidence that women having high contact with children rated the child more extremely on opposite-sex traits than did those with little contact.

Medical Students' Edwards Personal Preference Schedule Norms

1988 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 465-466 ◽  
Author(s):  
James A. Thorson ◽  
F. C. Powell
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Female College ◽  
Personal Preference ◽  
Edwards Personal Preference Schedule

Three consecutive classes of freshman medical students completed the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule; results were compared to published norms for male and female college students. 171 male medical students scored significantly lower on the traits of Order, Exhibition, and Dominance and were higher on Affiliation, Succorance, Nurturance, and Heterosexuality. 51 female medical students scored significantly lower on the traits of Exhibition, Affiliation, and Abasement; they were higher on Achievement, Succorance, and Nurturance.

Body-Image Dissatisfaction among American Male and Female College Students: A Computer-Based Graphical Approach

1993 ◽  
Vol 76 (1) ◽  
pp. 147-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joan C. Gustavson ◽  
Carl R. Gustavson ◽  
Monica P. Gabaldon
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
College Students ◽  
Body Image ◽  
Body Image Dissatisfaction ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
State Colleges ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Graphical Approach ◽  
Female College ◽  
Computer Based

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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