Body-Image Dissatisfaction among American Male and Female College Students: A Computer-Based Graphical Approach
1993 ◽
Vol 76
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pp. 147-151
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Keyword(s):
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.