Body Image and Age Statistics

Topic

Body Image and Age Statistics

Instructions

This study is concerned about how males think and feel about their bodies.
Please answer each section as honestly as you can and remember there is no right or wrong answer so please do not spend too long pondering!
Any information you give will remain strictly confidential and anonymous. I would like to thank you in advance for your time and cooperation.

For Section one :

For each item, please circle the answer that best characterizes your attitudes or behaviors.
1 = Strongly Disagree 2 = Disagree 3 = Somewhat Disagree 4 = Neither Agree nor Disagree 5 = Somewhat Agree 6 = Agree 7 = Strongly Agree

For Section Two :

Indicate how characteristic it is of you according to the following scale:

If this is ‘not at all characteristic of me’, circle                             [1] 2 3 4 5
If this is ‘slightly characteristic of me’, circle                               1 [2] 3 4 5
If this is ‘moderately characteristic of me’, circle                         1 2 [3] 4 5
If this is ‘very characteristic of me’, circle                                    1 2 3 [4] 5
If this is ‘extremely characteristic of me’, circle                           1 2 3 4 [5]

Section I

What Age Are you?

18-24 years old

25-34 years old

35-44 years old

45-55 years old

55-64 years old

65-75 years old

  1. I rarely think about how I look.
  2. I think it is more important that my clothes are comfortable than whether they look good on me.
  3. I think more about how my body feels than how my body looks.
  4. I rarely compare how I look with how other people look.
  5. During the day, I think about how I look many times.
  6. I often worry about whether the clothes I am wearing make me look good.
  7. I rarely worry about how I look to other people
  8. I am more concerned with what my body can do than how it looks.
  9. When I can’t control my weight, I feel like something must be wrong with me.
  10. I feel ashamed of myself when I haven’t made the effort to look my best.
  11. I feel like I must be a bad person when I don’t look as good as I could
  12. I would be ashamed for people to know what I really weigh.
  13. I never worry that something is wrong with me when I am not exercising as much as I should.
  14. When I’m not exercising enough, I question whether I am a good enough pe
  15. Even when I can’t control my weight, I think I’m an okay person.
  16. When I’m not the size I think I should be, I feel ashamed.
  17. I think a person is pretty much stuck with the looks they are born with.
  18. A large part of being in shape is having that kind of body in the first place.
  19. I think a person can look pretty much how they want to if they are willing to work at it
  20. I really don’t think I have much control over how my body looks.
  21. I think a person’s weight is mostly determined by the genes they are born with.
  22. It doesn’t matter how hard I try to change my weight, it’s probably always going to be about the same.
  23. I can weight what I’m supposed to when I try hard enough.
  24. The shape you are in depends mostly on your genes.

Section II

Read each of the following statements carefully and indicate how characteristic it is of you according to the following scale:

If this is ‘not at all characteristic of me’, circle [1] 2 3 4 5
If this is ‘slightly characteristic of me’, circle 1 [2] 3 4 5
If this is ‘moderately characteristic of me’, circle 1 2 [3] 4 5
If this is ‘very characteristic of me’, circle 1 2 3 [4] 5
If this is ‘extremely characteristic of me’, circle 1 2 3 4 [5]

I worry about what other people think of me even when I know it doesn’t make a difference.

I am unconcerned even if I know people are forming an unfavourable impression of me.

I am frequently afraid of other people noting my shortcomings.

I rarely worry about what kind of impression I am making on someone.

I am afraid that others will not approve of me.

I am afraid that people will find fault with me.

Other people’s opinions of me do not bother me.

When I am talking to someone, I worry about what they may be thinking of me.

I am usually worried about what kind of impression I make.

If I know someone is judging me, it has little effect on me.

Sometimes I think I am too concerned with what other people think of me.

I often worry that I will say or do the wrong things.

Answer preview

Body image is a construct with multiple dimensions; this study sought to look at a few of the dimensions with the aim of assessing if they affect the body image of individuals. In this section of the study, aggregated data from the respondents are analyzed to give insight into the issue of body image. The study was conducted amongst male respondents with age being the main factor under consideration. A test of the hypothesis that there is a positive correlation between body image and age was conducted.

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