Byrne N M, Hills A P
School of Human Movement Studies Queensland University of Technology, Queensland, Australia.
Percept Mot Skills. 1996 Jun;82(3 Pt 1):747-53. doi: 10.2466/pms.1996.82.3.747.
For many people, there is a discrepancy between perceived and desired physical appearance. Attempts have been made to quantify this discrepancy as a measure of body-image disturbance: however, the use of measurement scales which are not population-specific may bias the assessment. To investigate whether ratings of body-images were affected by the scale employed, 57 male and 40 female adolescents were tested using both adult and adolescent body-figure silhouette scales. Significant between-scale differences were found, with adolescents displaying consistently lower body-image ratings when viewing adult as opposed to adolescent scales. In addition, between-sex differences in discrepancy scores and correlations between discrepancy scores and another measure of body satisfaction were significantly influenced by the scale employed. The results confirm the need for population-specific measurement scales and the implementation of standardised assessment procedures.
对许多人来说，感知到的身体外观与期望的身体外观之间存在差异。人们已尝试将这种差异量化，作为身体意象障碍的一种度量：然而，使用非特定人群的测量量表可能会使评估产生偏差。为了研究身体意象评分是否受所用量表的影响，使用成人和青少年身体轮廓量表对57名男性和40名女性青少年进行了测试。发现量表之间存在显著差异，与青少年量表相比，青少年在查看成人量表时身体意象评分始终较低。此外，所用量表对差异分数的性别差异以及差异分数与身体满意度的另一项度量之间的相关性有显著影响。结果证实了需要特定人群的测量量表以及实施标准化评估程序。
