Questions relate to a study by Bramwell and Morland (2009) who studied genital appearance and satisfaction in women. As part of that study, they used a multiple regression to determine the contribution of appearance schemas, (a self-report measure relating to the importance of physical appearance in general), body satisfaction and self-esteem to Genital Appearance Satisfaction (GAS – a new questionnaire developed by the authors). The following table is reproduced from the authors’ article (p. 22). The higher the score on the GAS, the less satisfied the women were.

10. Which of the following is not true?

a) As self-esteem increases by one standard deviation, satisfaction with genital appearance increases by .38 of a standard deviation

b) As self-esteem increases by one standard deviation, satisfaction with genital appearance decreases by .38 of a standard deviation

c) Appearance schemas is the weakest predictor of satisfaction with genital appearance

d) The relationship between body satisfaction and satisfaction with genital appearance is almost zero and is probably due to sampling error

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Regression of GAS onto the appearance schemas inventory, body satisfaction and self-esteem Independent variables Standardised coefficient Appearance schomas -0.02 Body satisfaction 0.07 Self-esteem -0.38 Adjusted R=.14. F = 7.17, p