Body build satisfaction and the congruency of body build perceptions
- Authors
-
-
- Keywords:
- social behavior, social psychology, body, build, satisfaction, congruency, perceptions, female, dissatisfied, satisfied, Somatotype Rating Scale, same-sex, friend, dating, partner, stereotype
- Abstract
- Female subjects were classified as satisfied (n = 15) or dissatisfied (n = 15) with their body build and were administered the Somatotype Rating Scale. The SRS allowed subjects to rate their own body build, their wished-for body build, the typical female body build, and the body build of a same-sex best friend and a dating partner. Compared with dissatisfied subjects, satisfied subjects showed greater congruency between their own and wished-for body build, and greater congruency between their own and friend/date body builds, but less congruency between their own body build and the female body build stereotype.
- References
- Downloads
- Published
- 1979-02-01
- Issue
- Volume 7, 1979, Issue 1
- Section
- Articles
- License
-
Author(s) agree that copyright of an article published in SBP Journal is transferred from the author(s) to the journal publisher (Scientific Journal Publishers Limited) upon publication.
Disclaimer
Social Behavior and Personality maintains an open editorial policy and may or may not endorse the conclusions made in its published articles. Neither the journal nor its publisher, editors or staff assume any responsibility for any material considered to be offensive or defamatory, or for obtaining any copyright permissions necessary for publication of articles.