Spillman D M, Everington C
Psychol Rep. 1989 Jun;64(3 Pt 1):887-90. doi: 10.2466/pr0.1989.64.3.887.
234 university students were given a questionnaire examining the relation between certain behavioral characteristics and female body-build somatotypes. Analysis confirmed previous findings that stereotypical images continue to exist for the mesomorph and endomorph body types, with favorable characteristics attributed to the mesomorph and unfavorable to the endomorph. Contrary to previous findings, the ectomorph, or thin body build was associated with positive characteristics such as being the most attractive, having the most dates, and exercising the most. The young women also chose this body build as the image they would like to be. These findings appear to confirm preoccupation with thinness and fitness observed among college women and thought to be promoted by the media.
234名大学生接受了一份问卷调查，该问卷旨在研究某些行为特征与女性身体体型之间的关系。分析证实了之前的研究结果，即对于中胚层体型和内胚层体型，刻板印象仍然存在，中胚层体型被赋予了有利特征，而内胚层体型则被认为具有不利特征。与之前的研究结果相反，外胚层体型，即瘦体型，与诸如最具吸引力、约会次数最多和锻炼最多等积极特征相关联。这些年轻女性还选择这种体型作为她们想要成为的形象。这些发现似乎证实了在大学女性中观察到的对瘦和健康的关注，并且认为这是由媒体推动的。
