Factor structure and psychometric properties of the Body Appreciation Scale-2 in university students in Hong Kong

•Chinese Body Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2) has a one-dimensional structure.•Chinese BAS-2 has very good internal consistency and good convergent validity.•Men have higher body appreciation than women in Hong Kong. Previous studies have suggested that there may not be cross-cultural equivalence in th...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Body image 2015-09, Vol.15, p.68-71
Main Authors: Swami, Viren, Ng, Siu-Kuen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Asian Continental Ancestry Group
Body appreciation
Body Image - psychology
Body Mass Index
Cultural equivalence
Factor Analysis, Statistical
Factor structure
Female
Hong Kong
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Personal Satisfaction
Positive body image
Psychometrics
Reproducibility of Results
Self Concept
Sex Factors
Students - psychology
Students - statistics & numerical data
Surveys and Questionnaires - standards
Translations
Universities
Young Adult
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:•Chinese Body Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2) has a one-dimensional structure.•Chinese BAS-2 has very good internal consistency and good convergent validity.•Men have higher body appreciation than women in Hong Kong. Previous studies have suggested that there may not be cross-cultural equivalence in the factor structure of body appreciation. Here, we examine the conceptual equivalence of a Chinese (Cantonese) translation of the Body Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2; Tylka & Wood-Barcalow, 2015b), a newly-developed measure of body appreciation. Participants were 457 women and 417 men from a university in Hong Kong. The results of exploratory factor analyses showed that, like its English version, the Chinese BAS-2 had a one-dimensional structure. Body appreciation scores had good internal consistency and were also significantly associated with respondent body mass index, self-esteem, life satisfaction, and (in women) actual-ideal weight discrepancy. Men had significantly higher scores than women, while comparisons with data from Tylka and Wood-Barcalow (2015b) suggest that cross-cultural differences are small-to-moderate at best. The present findings suggest that the BAS-2 may prove to be a useful tool for the assessment of body appreciation across cultures.
ISSN:1740-1445
1873-6807
DOI:10.1016/j.bodyim.2015.06.004