Psychological concerns are frequently indexed by psychometric questionnaires but the mental representations that they seek to quantify are difficult to visualise. We used a set of questionnaires designed to measure men’s concept of their bodies including: the Drive for Muscularity Scale (DMS; McCreary & Sasse, 2000), the Perceived Sociocultural Pressures Scale (PSPS; Stice, Nemeroff, & Shaw, 1996a),…Continue Reading 3D visualisation of psychometric estimates for the ideal male body
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What colour should I wear? How clothing colour affects women’s judgement of other women’s body attractiveness and body size
Research has indicated that female body perception and associated body-viewing gaze behaviour in women viewers can be influenced by a variety of internal and external factors (e.g., own body satisfaction, clothing style, and viewing angle). Although the clothing colour affects women’s visual and aesthetic appearance rated by men or women wearer themselves, its impact on…Continue Reading What colour should I wear? How clothing colour affects women’s judgement of other women’s body attractiveness and body size