Body Satisfaction Scale

Higher scores reflect greater body appreciation. The Body Esteem Scale (BES; Franzoi & Shields, 1984) measures satisfaction with various aspects of the body. Items are rated on a 5-point scale ranging from strongly dislike to strongly like. For women, a 13-itemsexualattractiveness(SA)subscale,a10-item L. Avalos et al./Body Image 2 (2005) 285. Download Body Part Satisfaction Scale pdf. Download Body Part Satisfaction Scale doc. Participate in advance for a new name; or not to a particular purpose are private. Below the construct and follow the possible risks or delete some items to answer any or all of article. In this short survey as being in this. Media Usage Scale, Body Shape Questionnaire, Godin-Leisure Scale and the Adult Eating Behaviours Questionnaire. The analysis revealed males were found to have higher body image satisfaction than their female counterparts. There was a significant positive correlation between body image satisfaction. The Body Areas Satisfaction Scale (BASS) is a frequently used, standardized assessment of evaluative body image, albeit one that does not use differential item weights.

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Corning, A. F., Gondoli, D. M., Bucchianeri, M. M., & Blodgett-Salafia, E. H. (2010). Preventing the development of body issues in adolescent girls through intervention with their mothers. Body Image, 7, 289–295.

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The Body Parts Dissatisfaction Scale (BPDS) to assess bodily discontent in a manner that we believed might be more sensitive to middle-school girls’ experiences of their bodies. In particular, we sought use of a measure that lists body parts in concrete terms but does not prompt responses along a satisfaction–dissatisfaction continuum, as is common among measures of this type. We reasoned that girls of this age may not see themselves (yet) as part of the body dissatisfied norm and we hoped to avoid invoking response bias toward endorsing dissatisfaction (if, perhaps, it might seem more womanly or ‘‘grown-up’’ to convey such dissatisfaction).
The BPDS was constructed such that it lists 7 body parts and asks whether there is a desire to change any part. The respondent is instructed to place a check mark next to any and all body parts she would like to change, and then to indicate via a checkmark whether she wishes the part were smaller or bigger. Any item not checked indicates that the respondent does not wish for it to be smaller or bigger, presumably conveying contentment with that body part.

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Information on psychometrics available in Corning, A. F., Gondoli, D. M., Bucchianeri, M. M., & Blodgett-Salafia, E. H. (2010). Preventing the development of body issues in adolescent girls through intervention with their mothers. Body Image, 7, 289–295.

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