1. Assessing positive body image, body satisfaction, weight bias, and appearance comparison in emerging adults: A cross-validation study across eight countries
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Naomi Hayami-Chisuwa, Marie L. Caltabiano, Rachel F. Rodgers, Antonio Granero Gallegos, Jacinthe Dion, Catherine Bégin, Manuel Alcaraz-Ibáñez, Giada Pietrabissa, Qiqiang He, Michel Probst, Gian Mauro Manzonie, Gianluca Castelnuovo, Christophe Maïano, Matthew Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, Salvatore Gullo, David Mellor, Charlotte H. Markey, Álvaro Sicilia, Marie-Ève Blackburn, Marita P. McCabe, Annie Aimé, Esben Strodl, Gianluca Lo Coco, Aimé, Annie, Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, Matthew, Dion, Jacinthe, Markey, Charlotte H, Strodl, Esben, McCabe, Marita, Mellor, David, Granero Gallegos, Antonio, Pietrabissa, Giada, Alcaraz-Ibánez, Manuel, Bégin, Catherine, Blackburn, Marie-Ève, Caltabiano, Marie, Castelnuovo, Gianluca, Gullo, Salvatore, Hayami-Chisuwa, Naomi, He, Qiqiang, Lo Coco, Gianluca, Manzonie, Gian Mauro, Probst, Michel, Rodgers, Rachel F, Sicilia, Alvaro, and Maïano, Christophe
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Adult ,Cross-Cultural Comparison ,Male ,050103 clinical psychology ,Positive body image ,Adolescent ,Psychometrics ,Social Psychology ,050109 social psychology ,Personal Satisfaction ,Settore M-PSI/08 - PSICOLOGIA CLINICA ,Human physical appearance ,Cross-validation ,Young Adult ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Body Image ,Humans ,Cross-cultural ,Emerging adults ,0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ,Measurement invariance ,General Psychology ,Applied Psychology ,Sociodemographic characteristics ,Body Weight ,05 social sciences ,Reproducibility of Results ,Body satisfaction ,Physical Appearance, Body ,Scale (social sciences) ,Female ,Factor Analysis, Statistical ,Construct (philosophy) ,Psychology ,Clinical psychology - Abstract
Positive body image refers to individuals' ability to conceptualize their bodies with love, respect, and appreciation. The study of positive body image is relatively new, and instruments used to investigate this multi-faceted construct have received limited use in non-English speaking countries. Thus, the aim of this investigation is to consider four measures that are associated with positive body image across eight different countries. Participants (n = 6272) completed the Body Appreciation Scale-2, the Body Areas Satisfaction Scale, the Physical Appearance Comparison Scale, and the Weight Bias Internalization Scale. Multi-group confirmatory factor analyses (MG-CFAs) and item-response theory (IRT) models were used to examine the measurement invariance of these surveys. Our results generally suggest that positive body image, weight bias, and appearance comparison can be assessed using brief assessments and that these four instruments can be used in different countries, but care should be taken to consider individuals' gender, BMI, and socio-economic position. ispartof: BODY IMAGE vol:35 pages:320-332 ispartof: location:Netherlands status: published
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- 2020