Gender Differences in the Experience of Body Awareness: An Experiential Sampling Study.

Franzoi, Stephen L.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ403340

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Publication Date: 1989

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Gender Differences in the Experience of Body Awareness: An Experiential Sampling Study.

Franzoi, Stephen L.; And Others

Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, v21 n7-8 p499-515 Oct 1989

Explores how the different social pressures on men and women, with respect to their physical appearance, might influence their respective experiences of their bodies during normal daily activities. Subjects' body esteem and beliefs about the importance of their physical self in attracting the opposite sex are measured. (JS)

Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Body Image, Emotional Response, Females, Interpersonal Attraction, Males, Physical Attractiveness, Sampling, Self Concept, Sex Differences, Social Influences, Undergraduate Students

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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