Original scientific paper

Sex differences in the perception of body appearance

Boris Wolf ; Filozofski fakultet Univerziteta u Novom Sadu
Vesna Petrović ; Filozofski fakultet Univerziteta u Novom Sadu

Abstract

A representative sample of 251 men and 274 women taken from the student population at the University of Novi Sad was required to assess their physical appearance according to the scale for the assessment of physical appearance (adapted from Body Esteem Scale, Fanzoi and Shields, 1984) which contains 35 indicators. Factor analysis had shown that, in both samples, five factors satisfactory explain indicator covariability. In the male sample, these factors are defined as degrees of satisfaction with the upper part of the trunk and arms, lower part of the trunk and arms, face, physical fitness an individual sexappeal. Despite the similarity, the isolated factors in men and women differed significantly in their structure and they give a clearly recognizable picture of the specific perception of body appearance with regard to sex.

Keywords

body appearance; esteem scale; factor analysis; sex differences

Hrčak ID:

257015

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/257015

Publication date:

1.5.1989.

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