کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
140549 162692 2009 8 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
The BMI as a somatotypic measure of physique: A rejoinder to Jeremy E.C. Genovese
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی روانشناسی روانشناسی اجتماعی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
The BMI as a somatotypic measure of physique: A rejoinder to Jeremy E.C. Genovese
چکیده انگلیسی

In 2008, Maddan, Walker and Miller promoted the use of the Body Mass Index (BMI) as a viable alternative to Sheldon's technique of somatotyping. Utilizing the BMI, Maddan Walker and Miller re-analyzed the original data from the Sheldon studies. This analysis indicated a statistically significant relationship between the two measures of somatotyping. Genovese wrote a response to this work suggesting the BMI is not a useful proxy for somatotyping individuals. We respond to Genovese's critique by providing a full explication of the Sheldon somatoype measure and an analysis of Sheldon's original data accounting for all of the different somatotypes identified. Analyses here indicate that the original somatotype measure was very subjective. Although not without flaws, the BMI provides an objective somatotype measure that is comparable, if not superior, to the measure promulgated by Sheldon.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: The Social Science Journal - Volume 46, Issue 2, June 2009, Pages 394–401
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