| Title: |
Perception of Body Shape by Underweight, Average, and Overweight Men and Women |
| Authors: |
Demarest, Jack; Langer, Elsa |
| Source: |
Perceptual and Motor Skills ; volume 83, issue 2, page 569-570 ; ISSN 0031-5125 1558-688X |
| Publisher Information: |
SAGE Publications |
| Publication Year: |
1996 |
| Description: |
Using figure drawings, perception of body shape was evaluated by underweight, average, and overweight men and women. Body-shape dissatisfaction was greatest for 60 overweight women, and about the same in 151 average weight women as it was for 102 overweight men. Average weight men ( n = 107) and underweight women ( n = 31) were fairly satisfied with their current shapes. Both men and women had distorted views of the shape the opposite sex found most attractive. Women guessed that men would prefer a thinner shape than they actually did, and men guessed that women would prefer a larger shape than they actually did. The distortion was larger for men as their own size increased but not for women. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
English |
| DOI: |
10.2466/pms.1996.83.2.569 |
| Availability: |
https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1996.83.2.569; https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.2466/pms.1996.83.2.569 |
| Rights: |
https://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.F7A281D0 |
| Database: |
BASE |