Department of Psychology, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO 80217-3364, USA.
Body Image. 2012 Sep;9(4):532-4. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2012.06.006. Epub 2012 Jul 24.
This study investigated Amazon.com's website Mechanical Turk (MTurk) as a research tool for measuring body size estimation and dissatisfaction. 160 U.S. participants completed the BIAS-BD figural drawing scale and demographic questions posted on the MTurk website. The BIAS-BD consists of 17 drawings of various male and female body sizes based on anthropometric data corresponding to a range of 60% below to 140% above the average U.S. adult. Respondents selected a drawing that best reflected their current size and ideal size. Results revealed that respondents overestimated their body size by 6% and desired an ideal size 9.2% smaller than their perceived size. Findings are compared with three previous studies using the BIAS-BD scale. A general correspondence in findings between the four studies was found. We conclude that the MTurk can serve as a viable method for collecting data on the perceptual and attitudinal aspects of body image quickly and inexpensively.
本研究考察了亚马逊网站的 Mechanical Turk（MTurk）作为衡量身体尺寸估计和不满的研究工具。160 名美国参与者完成了 BIAS-BD 图式量表和人口统计学问题，这些问题发布在 MTurk 网站上。BIAS-BD 由 17 张不同男女体型的图片组成，这些图片基于与美国成年人平均体型 60%以下到 140%以上相对应的人体测量数据。受访者选择一张最能反映他们当前体型和理想体型的图片。结果表明，受访者高估了自己的体型 6%，并希望理想体型比他们感知的体型小 9.2%。研究结果与使用 BIAS-BD 量表的三项先前研究进行了比较。四项研究的结果存在一定的一致性。我们得出结论，MTurk 可以作为一种快速、廉价地收集身体意象感知和态度方面数据的可行方法。
