Smaller prize, bigger size? Exploring the impact of money on men’s self-reported markers of masculinity
Bodily markers, often self-reported, are frequently used in research to predict a variety of outcomes. The present study examined whether men, at the aggregate level, would overestimate certain bodily markers linked to masculinity, and if so, to what extent. Furthermore, the study explored whether t...
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| description | Bodily markers, often self-reported, are frequently used in research to predict a variety of outcomes. The present study examined whether men, at the aggregate level, would overestimate certain bodily markers linked to masculinity, and if so, to what extent. Furthermore, the study explored whether the amount of monetary rewards distributed to male participants would influence the obtained data quality. Men from two participant pools were asked to self-report a series of bodily measures. All self-report measures except weight were consistently found to be above the population mean (height and penis size) or the scale midpoint (athleticism). Additionally, the participant pool that received the lower (vs. higher) monetary reward showed a particularly powerful deviation from the population mean in penis size and were significantly more likely to report their erect and flaccid penis size to be larger than the claimed but not verified world record of 34 cm. These findings indicate that studies relying on men’s self-reported measures of certain body parts should be interpreted with great caution, but that higher monetary rewards seem to improve data quality slightly for such measures. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-15a1669f897e49fab955276c6727a7fb2023-02-01T04:59:26ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782023-02-011410.3389/fpsyg.2023.11054231105423Smaller prize, bigger size? Exploring the impact of money on men’s self-reported markers of masculinityJacob Dalgaard Christensen0Tobias Otterbring1Carl-Johan Lagerkvist2Department of Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, SwedenDepartment of Management, University of Agder, Kristiansand, NorwayDepartment of Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, SwedenBodily markers, often self-reported, are frequently used in research to predict a variety of outcomes. The present study examined whether men, at the aggregate level, would overestimate certain bodily markers linked to masculinity, and if so, to what extent. Furthermore, the study explored whether the amount of monetary rewards distributed to male participants would influence the obtained data quality. Men from two participant pools were asked to self-report a series of bodily measures. All self-report measures except weight were consistently found to be above the population mean (height and penis size) or the scale midpoint (athleticism). Additionally, the participant pool that received the lower (vs. higher) monetary reward showed a particularly powerful deviation from the population mean in penis size and were significantly more likely to report their erect and flaccid penis size to be larger than the claimed but not verified world record of 34 cm. These findings indicate that studies relying on men’s self-reported measures of certain body parts should be interpreted with great caution, but that higher monetary rewards seem to improve data quality slightly for such measures.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1105423/fullpenis sizemonetary rewardsself-reportdata qualitymasculinitybodily cues |
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| title | Smaller prize, bigger size? Exploring the impact of money on men’s self-reported markers of masculinity |
| title_full | Smaller prize, bigger size? Exploring the impact of money on men’s self-reported markers of masculinity |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Smaller prize, bigger size? Exploring the impact of money on men’s self-reported markers of masculinity |
| title_short | Smaller prize, bigger size? Exploring the impact of money on men’s self-reported markers of masculinity |
| title_sort | smaller prize bigger size exploring the impact of money on men s self reported markers of masculinity |
| topic | penis size monetary rewards self-report data quality masculinity bodily cues |
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