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. 2023 Apr 21;36:5. doi: 10.5334/irsp.758

Table 1.

Summary of Study Characteristics of Included Effect Sizes.


STUDY EFFECT SIZE NUMBER PER STUDY YEAR DESIGN STIMULUS MODALITY SEX OF RATER PHOTO ODD DYNAMIC DURATION DYNAMIC SOUND PHOTO SEX DYNAMIC SEX PHOTO EXPRESSION DYNAMIC EXPRESSION PHOTO N(RATER) DYNAMIC N(RATER) PHOTO LIKERT SCALE DYNAMIC LIKERT SCALE PHOTO BODY AREA DYNAMIC BODY AREA PHOTO CONTEXT DYNAMIC CONTEXT N CORRIDOR OF STABILITY PEARSON R POWER UNREPORTED VARIABLES CRITERIA NOT FULLFILLED APPRAISAL SCORE

Brown et al. (1986) 1 1986 b V m/f no 180 no m m pos NA 13 4 7 7 hf h portrait interview 115 yes 0.73 1 3 2 18

Brown et al. (1986) 2 1986 b V m/f no 180 no f f pos NA 13 4 7 7 hf h portrait interview 115 yes 0.71 1 3 2 18

Fischer et al. (1982) 1 1982 b V NA no 450 yes f f NA NA 5 6 7 7 h h NA interview 21 no 0.78 0.85 6 4 13

Hughes & Aung (2018) 1 2018 b V m/f uk 10 no m/f m/f neut NA 48 50 10 10 h h frame reciting 46 yes 0.91 1 4 0 19

Koscinski (2013) 1 2013 b V m no 4 no f f neut mix 10 10 7 7 h h portrait lively 106 yes 0.7 1 0 2 21

Koscinski (2013) 2 2013 b V m no 4 no f f neut mix 10 10 7 7 h h frame lively 106 yes 0.71 1 0 2 21

Koscinski (2013) 3 2013 b V f no 4 no m m neut mix 10 10 7 7 h h portrait lively 102 yes 0.6 1 0 2 21

Koscinski (2013) 4 2013 b V f no 4 no m m neut mix 10 10 7 7 h h frame lively 102 yes 0.69 1 0 2 21

Lander (2008) 1 2008 b V m uk 2 no m m neut NA 30 30 9 9 h h frame reciting 24 no 0.22 0.90 5 1 17

Lander (2008) 2 2008 b V m uk 2 no f f neut NA 30 30 9 9 h h frame reciting 24 no 0.36 0.90 5 1 17

Lander (2008) 3 2008 b V f uk 2 no m m neut NA 30 30 9 9 h h frame reciting 24 no -0.08 0.90 5 1 17

Lander (2008) 4 2008 b V f uk 2 no f f neut NA 30 30 9 9 h h frame reciting 24 no 0.54 0.90 5 1 17

Penton-Voak & Chang (2008) 1 2008 b V m/f uk 10 no f f pos pos 14 14 7 7 h h frame lively 20 no 0.72 0.84 3 3 17

Penton-Voak & Chang (2008) 2 2008 b V m/f uk 10 no f f neut pos 14 14 7 7 h h frame lively 20 no 0.55 0.84 3 3 17

Penton-Voak & Chang (2008) 3 2008 b V m/f uk 10 no f f pos neut 14 14 7 7 h h frame reciting 20 no 0.86 0.84 3 3 17

Penton-Voak & Chang (2008) 4 2008 b V m/f uk 10 no f f neut neut 14 14 7 7 h h frame reciting 20 no 0.80 0.84 3 3 17

Penton-Voak & Chang (2008) 5 2008 b V m/f uk 10 no m m pos pos 14 14 7 7 h h frame lively 20 no 0.15 0.84 3 3 17

Penton-Voak & Chang (2008) 6 2008 b V m/f uk 10 no m m neut pos 14 14 7 7 h h frame lively 20 no 0.12 0.84 3 3 17

Penton-Voak & Chang (2008) 7 2008 b V m/f uk 10 no m m pos neut 14 14 7 7 h h frame reciting 20 no 0.45 0.84 3 3 17

Penton-Voak & Chang (2008) 8 2008 b V m/f uk 10 no m m neut neut 14 14 7 7 h h frame reciting 20 no 0.42 0.84 3 3 17

Rhodes et al. (2011) 1 2011 b V f no 10 no m m neut mix 13 13 10 10 h h frame reciting 60 yes 0.83 1 0 2 21

Roberts et al. (2009) 1 2009 b V m no 20 no m m neut NA 24 24 7 7 hw hw portrait interview 20 no 0.88 0.84 2 3 18

Roberts et al. (2009) 2 2009 b V f no 20 no f f neut NA 24 24 7 7 hw hw portrait interview 20 no 0.78 0.84 2 3 18

Roberts et al. (2009) 3 2009 b V m no 20 no f f neut NA 24 24 7 7 hw hw portrait interview 20 no 0.76 0.84 2 3 18

Roberts et al. (2009) 4 2009 b V f no 20 no m m neut NA 24 24 7 7 hw hw portrait interview 20 no 0.74 0.84 2 3 18

Roberts et al. (2009) 5 2009 w V m no 20 no m m neut NA 24 24 7 7 hw hw portrait interview 20 no 0.89 0.84 3 3 17

Roberts et al. (2009) 6 2009 w V f no 20 no f f neut NA 24 24 7 7 hw hw portrait interview 20 no 0.79 0.84 3 3 17

Roberts et al. (2009) 7 2009 w V m no 20 no f f neut NA 24 24 7 7 hw hw portrait interview 20 no 0.79 0.84 3 3 17

Roberts et al. (2009) 8 2009 w V f no 20 no m m neut NA 24 24 7 7 hw hw portrait interview 20 no 0.79 0.84 3 3 17

Roberts et al. (2009) 9 2009 b V m no 20 no m m neut NA 24 24 7 7 hw hw portrait interview 20 no 0.82 0.84 2 3 18

Roberts et al. (2009) 10 2009 b V f no 20 no f f neut NA 24 24 7 7 hw hw portrait interview 20 no 0.82 0.84 2 3 18

Roberts et al. (2009) 11 2009 b V m no 20 no f f neut NA 24 24 7 7 hw hw portrait interview 20 no 0.87 0.84 2 3 18

Roberts et al. (2009) 12 2009 b V f no 20 no m m neut NA 24 24 7 7 hw hw portrait interview 20 no 0.82 0.84 2 3 18

Roberts et al. (2009) 13 2009 w V m no 20 no m m neut NA 24 24 7 7 hw hw portrait interview 20 no 0.84 0.84 3 3 17

Roberts et al. (2009) 14 2009 w V f no 20 no f f neut NA 24 24 7 7 hw hw portrait interview 20 no 0.84 0.84 3 3 17

Roberts et al. (2009) 15 2009 w V m no 20 no f f neut NA 24 24 7 7 hw hw portrait interview 20 no 0.90 0.84 3 3 17

Roberts et al. (2009) 16 2009 w V f no 20 no m m neut NA 24 24 7 7 hw hw portrait interview 20 no 0.85 0.84 3 3 17

Rubenstein (2005) 1 2005 b V m/f uk 10 NA f f neut neut 35 35 5 5 NA NA frame reciting 48 yes 0.19 1 4 0 19

Rubenstein (2005) 2 2005 b V m/f uk 10 NA f f neut neut 40 40 5 5 NA NA frame reciting 48 yes 0.21 1 4 0 19

Saxton et al. (2009) 1 2009 b V m/f uk 20 yes m m neut NA 13 26 7 7 h hw portrait interview 25 yes 0.52 0.91 4 3 16

Saxton et al. (2009) 2 2009 b V m/f uk 20 yes f f neut NA 13 26 7 7 h hw portrait interview 26 yes 0.66 0.92 4 3 16

Farina et al. (1986) 1 1986 b L NA no NA yes m/f m/f NA NA 4 1 6 5 NA hf portrait interview 49 yes 0.68 1 8 2 13

Farina et al. (1977) 1 1977 b L m/f no NA yes f f NA NA 14 2 6 5 h hf portrait interview 23 no 0.76 0.89 6 4 13

Farina et al. (1977) 2 1977 b L m/f no NA yes f f NA NA 14 2 6 5 h hf portrait interview 30 yes 0.59 0.96 6 2 15

Gunaydin et al. (2017) 1 2017 w L m/f no 1200 yes f f mix NA 27 27 7 7 h NA NA interview 55 yes 0.59 1 6 3 14

Howells & Shaw (1985) 1 1985 w L m/f no NA no NA NA neut neut 2 2 10 10 h h portrait interview 54 yes 0.67 1 3 2 18

Note: Photo = static photo stimuli; dynamic = dynamic video or live stimuli; b = between; w = within; V = static-video; L = static-live; uk = unknown; pos = positive; neut = neutral; mix = mixed; h = head; hw = head to waist; hf = head to feet; duration provided in seconds; body area indicates which body area of the targets was depicted; m = male; f = female; NA = no information available.