Validation of an Italian version of the Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire-4-Revised (SATAQ-4R) on non-clinical Italian women and men

tAppearance-ideal internalization and appearance pressures are empirically-supported risk factors forbody image disturbance and disordered eating in Western countries. Such a relationship has emergedalso in the Italian context, where high rates of body dissatisfaction and disordered eating are present.The Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire (SATAQ) and its revisions are among themost commonly used instruments to assess the role of sociocultural influences on body image. Two stud-ies were conducted to examine the psychometric properties of the female (Study 1, N = 732) and male(Study 2, N = 364) Italian versions of the SATAQ-4-Revised (SATAQ-4R-Female, SATAQ-4R-Male). Confir-matory factor analysis (CFA) indicated that the original seven-factor structure was replicated for womenand men. The seven subscales (Internalization: Thin/Low Body Fat; Internalization: Muscular; Inter-nalization: General Attractiveness; Pressures: Family; Pressures: Peers; Pressures: Significant Others;and Pressures: Media) showed good internal consistency and 4-week test-retest reliability. Associationsbetween SATAQ-4R subscales and body dissatisfaction, eating disorder symptomatology, drive for mus-cularity, self-esteem, family influences, and peer influences, suggested good convergent validity amongboth women and men. The present study provides evidence for the validity and reliability of the maleand female Italian versions of the SATAQ-4R.