Perceived Weight of Other Persons

On the basis of photographs, students (N = 258) evaluated the weights of 77 male executives or 50 businesswomen. Women students were expected to be less likely than men, and non-American students (mostly ethnic Chinese) to be less likely than Americans, to assign thin ratings to the people in the ph...

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Published inThe Journal of social psychology Vol. 136; no. 6; pp. 719 - 726
Main Author Rudin, Joel P.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington, DC Taylor & Francis Group 01.12.1996
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Clark University Press
Taylor & Francis Inc
Subjects
Adult
Asian Americans - psychology
Biological and medical sciences
Body Image
Body Weight
Business Administration Education
College Students
Eating Disorders
European Continental Ancestry Group - psychology
Executives
Female
Females
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Gender differences
Gender Identity
Humans
Interpersonal Relationship
Male
Males
Obesity
Perceptions
Photography
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Research Design
Self Concept
Self image
Sexes
Social attribution, perception and cognition
Social psychology
Social Values
Sociocultural Factors
Students - psychology
Undergraduate Students
Weight
Human
Social perception
Body image
Body weight
Ethnic group
Sex
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Summary:On the basis of photographs, students (N = 258) evaluated the weights of 77 male executives or 50 businesswomen. Women students were expected to be less likely than men, and non-American students (mostly ethnic Chinese) to be less likely than Americans, to assign thin ratings to the people in the photographs. No differences in ratings were found between the responses of male and female students, but some significant differences in ratings were found between the American and non-American students. The results suggest that studies of other persons' body images may yield limited insights into the eating disorders that can accompany body self-image distortions.
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ISSN:0022-4545
1940-1183
DOI:10.1080/00224545.1996.9712248