Naslov
Nine, seven, five, or three: How many figures do we need for assessing body image?

Autori
Ambrosi-Randić, Neala ; Pokrajac-Bulian, Alessandra ; Takšić, Vladimir

Izvornik
Perceptual and motor skills (0031-5125) 100 (2005), 2; 488-493

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
BODY image; figural scales

Sažetak
320 Croatian female students (M = 20.4 yr.) were recruited to examine the validity and reliability of figural scales using different numbers of stimuli (3, 5, 7, and 9) and different serial presentation (serial and nonserial order). A two-way analysis of variance (4 numbers × 2 orders of stimuli) was performed on ratings of current self-size and ideal size as dependent variables. Analysis indicated a significant main effect of number of stimuli. This, together with post hoc tests indicated that ratings were significantly different for a scale of three figures from scales of more figures, which in turn did not differ among themselves. Main effects of order of stimuli, as well as the interaction, were not significant. The results support the hypothesis that the optimal number of figures on a scale is seven plus (or minus) two.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Psihologija

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