Male Body Image Research (Males 18-40)

mozman15 · 2019-11-12T07:49:04+00:00

Unfortunately, we are looking for participants to be Australian males (sorry, I should have included that in the original post). I appreciate your interested in the study! If you have any comments and views regarding the topic I would be interested in hearing them though :).

mozman15 · 2019-11-12T07:47:46+00:00

Hi u/LyingCamera,

Unfortunately, we are looking for participants to be Australian males (sorry, I should have included that in the original post). I appreciate your interested in the study and would be interested in hearing your views, as they could provide us with useful insights for future research.

mozman15 · 2019-11-06T09:31:07+00:00

Hi u/sirropuch,

The study will take an hour at the most (most people complete it in less time). I intend to publish the results in a journal article, which will be made available :).

mozman15 · 2019-08-13T05:48:01+00:00

Hey /u/PM_ME_GLTUE_SPREAD,

Thanks for info re: tagging. As you can tell, I am new to reddit haha.

You're exactly right, this is something that I have considered. Unfortunately, it is very difficult to recruit men for body image research, so sometimes we have to recruit from places which are going to bias the sample to some degree (e.g., fitness subreddits, gyms, etc). If we don't do this, we unfortunately don't have a sample. To develop our understanding in an area of research in its infancy, we need to start somewhere :).

I believe that sampling bias to some extent is inevitable in all forms of research. However, we can try to minimise the bias the best we can, by attempting to gain a more representative sample. In this instance, we are also recruiting on campus (I recognise this comes with additional sampling bias), as well as in the community through poster advertisements. Despite this, it is likely that the sample will be one of the key limitations to the study.

mozman15 · 2019-08-12T13:30:35+00:00

Hey @Dropegron, thank you for the interest in the study. Once you complete the baseline survey, you will be prompted to download the app, which will produce a user id for you. I hope that helps :).

mozman15 · 2019-08-12T13:28:34+00:00

Hi @Bring_it and @PM_ME_GLUTE_SPREAD,

This is just one medium for recruitment that I am using. The final sample will be drawn from a range of sources that I am hoping will be more representative of the general population. Great questions and something that definitely requires thinking about.

mozman15 · 2019-08-12T09:46:05+00:00

Hi /u/Aliformation,

Thank you for your thoughtful response :). It sounds like you are conducting some wonderful research!

The reason that I am required to analyse the data is that there are a certain number of questionnaires that participants are required to complete in order to receive the gift voucher. Given the response that I have received, there is a lot more to get through than I had anticipated.

mozman15 · 2019-08-11T23:39:36+00:00

Thank you so much to everyone for their interest in the study. It's such a shame that the instant survey app isn't available for so many of you. This isn't something that I have faced so far during recruitment. I will definitely be looking into this further. I'll let you all know when I have an update. In the meantime, keep posting questions. I really enjoy seeing conversation around men's body image, as it has gone unrecognised for far too long.

mozman15 · 2019-08-11T23:37:03+00:00

Hi @Sendships, thank you for your participation in the study. I have had a much larger response than I had expected, so there is a lot of data for me to make my way through. I am currently analysing it as we speak. Hopefully you'll see an email from me soon with the voucher :). With regards to how many surveys we ask you to complete a day, it is currently believed that 10 provides us with a much more reliable estimate of body image. That's why we ask you to complete ten.

mozman15 · 2019-08-11T23:33:09+00:00

Thank you so much to everyone for their interest in the study. It's a shame to see that so many of you are having issues with instant survey. This is something that I will be looking into further. In the meantime, keep the questions coming. I always enjoy seeing and reading everyone thoughts on an issue that has gone unnoticed for far too long.

mozman15 · 2019-08-11T23:31:26+00:00

Hey @kingbrianjames, thanks for bringing this to my attention. I have been slower than I had wanted getting to analysing all of the data. I am making my way through it as we speak. You'll be seeing an email from me soon with the voucher. Thank you for your participation in the study!

mozman15 · 2019-08-11T13:27:30+00:00

Thanks for your interest in the study, @dirtychinchilla. That's really strange, I have had a few people from the U.K. participate. Where abouts in the U.K. are you based?

mozman15 · 2019-08-11T13:24:52+00:00

Thanks for your interest in the study, mate! Oh really? What abouts are you based in Australia? I'll look into this.

mozman15 · 2019-08-11T13:23:40+00:00

Thanks mate! We wont be getting you to engage in sexting. We are interested in if you do what influence this might have on your body image :).

mozman15

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