ERIC Number: ED160946
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1978-Mar
Pages: 13
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Children's Monetary Evaluations of Body Parts as a Function of Sex, Grade, and Race.
Vaughan, Sandra L.; And Others
The present study reports ratings of seven body parts as a function of sex, age, and race of child. Subjects were 320 public school children. They were given a sheet of paper with pictures of seven different body parts, and were asked to select from a list of numbers a dollar value for each body part. The instructions suggested that they imagine a part of the body had been damaged in an accident. A multivariate analysis of variance indicated that females value their bodies less than males. There was a significant increase in the body evaluations from the third grade to the sixth grade. Black children placed a significantly higher dollar value on their body parts than did white children. (Author)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Body Image, Childhood Attitudes, Children, Human Body, Injuries, Physical Characteristics, Racial Characteristics, Research Projects, Sex Differences, Values
Sandra L. Vaughan, Department of Psychology, Georgia State Univ., Atlanta, Ga., 30303
Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Note: Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the Southeastern Psychological Association (24th, Atlanta, Georgia, March 15-18, 1978)
