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For the items below, use the following scale to rate how
often you compare these aspects of your body to those of other individuals of
the same sex. NOTE: Please be sure that you read and respond to all of the
questions according to how you would compare yourself to your same sex peers.
Never 1 |
Rarely 2 |
Sometimes 3 |
Often 4 |
Always 5 |
1.
Ears
1
2
3
4
5
2.
Nose
1
2
3
4
5
3.
Lips
1 2
3
4
5
4.
Hair
1
2
3
4
5
5.
Teeth
1
2
3
4
5
6.
Chin
1
2
3
4
5
7.
Shape of face
1
2
3
4
5
8.
Cheeks
1
2
3
4
5
9.
Forehead
1
2
3
4
5
10.
Upper arm
1
2
3
4
5
11.
Forearm
1
2
3
4
5
12.
Shoulders
1
2
3
4
5
13.
Chest
1
2
3
4
5
14.
Back
1
2
3
4
5
15.
Waist
1
2
3
4
5
16.
Stomach
1
2
3
4
5
17.
Buttocks
1
2
3
4
5
18.
Thighs
1
2
3
4
5
19.
Hips
1
2
3
4
5
20.
Calves
1
2
3
4
5
21.
Muscle tone of upper body
1 2
3
4
5
22.
Overall shape of upper body
1
2
3
4
5
23.
Muscle tone of lower body
1
2
3
4
5
24.
Overall shape of lower body
1
2
3
4
5
25.
Overall body
1
2
3
4
5
Note: general appearance, non weight, non muscular scale: items 1-9; muscular scale: items 10-15; weight scale items 16-20
Fisher, E., Dunn, M. & Thompsom, J. K. (2002). Social Comparison and Body Image:
An Investigation of Body Comparison Processes using Multidimensional Scaling.
Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 21 (5), 566-579.
For a copy of the scale, please contact:
J. Kevin Thompson, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
University of South Florida
PCD 4118G
4202 East Fowler Avenue
Tampa FL 33620-8200.
Phone numbers:
# (813) 974 0367 (office)
# (813) 974 8346 (lab)
E-mail:
thompson@chuma1.cas.usf.edu