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| Title |
Avatar body dimensions and men's body image
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Body Image, January 2014
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| DOI | 10.1016/j.bodyim.2013.11.005 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Jon-Paul Cacioli, Alexander J. Mussap |
| Abstract |
Two online surveys examined the significance of the visual analogues, or 'avatars', men (total N=266) create and use online. Two-dimensional (adiposity×muscle) somatomorphic matrices revealed that avatars are generally thinner than their creator's actual body and similar to their ideal, but more muscular than either their actual or ideal. Men's ratings of the importance of their avatar's appearance correlated with their actual weight and muscle concerns, and disparity between their avatar and actual body dimensions predicted their offline context body change concerns additional to that accounted for by disparity between their ideal and actual bodies. Together with the observation that men also reported higher self-esteem, less social interaction anxiety and less social phobia while online (which correlated with the time they spent online), these results suggest that the physical dimensions of avatars used in social interactions online may serve a compensatory function. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 154 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Ireland | 1 | <1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Israel | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 145 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 35 | 23% |
| Student > Master | 28 | 18% |
| Researcher | 13 | 8% |
| Student > Bachelor | 13 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 12 | 8% |
| Other | 24 | 16% |
| Unknown | 29 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 50 | 32% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 13 | 8% |
| Social Sciences | 13 | 8% |
| Computer Science | 7 | 5% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 7 | 5% |
| Other | 31 | 20% |
| Unknown | 33 | 21% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 26 March 2014.
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#980
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