Somatotype distribution in male college students in northern India

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8316795
AutoresJohn N Berry (Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, autor de correspondencia)
Año1972
Volumen36
Número1
Páginas85-93
Fecha de publicación1972-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/ajpa.1330360110
PMID5057733
OpenAlexW2123098338
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas13

Somatotyping of a random and representative sample of 1000 college men from northern India has been done on standard Sheldonian lines. The mean somatotype here, 2.85, 2.96, 4.56 and somatotype distribution were similar to those of a comparable sample of college men examined in central India a few years earlier showing their close identity. The only significant differences were the slightly higher proportion of those with dominant endomorphy and dominant mesomorphy respectively in the northern sample. Both the Indian samples are much lower in mesomorphy and endomorphy and much higher in ectomorphy than their colleagues in England or America. All three differ markedly from Japanese and Nilotics who are highest in mesomorphy and ectomorphy respectively. The classical Sheldon's method of somatotyping physique, which is a measure of shape and not size, has amply proved its usefulness and reliability. The modifications suggested by various workers have yet to justify themselves and stand the test of time

Physics · Sample (material) · Sociology · Demography · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Psychological Testing and Assessment · Psychology