The Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire-3 (SATAQ-3) and its earlier versions are measures designed to assess societal and interpersonal aspects of appearance ideals. Correlational, structural equation modeling, and prospective studies of the SATAQ-3 have shown consistent and significant associations with measures of body image disturbance and eating pathology. In the current investigation, the SATAQ-3 was revised to improve upon some conceptual limitations and was evaluated in four US and three international female samples, as well as a US male sample. In Study 1, exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses for a sample of women from the Southeastern US (N = 859) indicated a 22-item scale with five factors: Internalization: Thin/Low Body Fat, Internalization: Muscular/Athletic, Pressures: Family, Pressures: Media, Pressures: Peers. This scale structure was confirmed in three independent and geographically diverse samples of women from the US (East Coast N = 440, West Coast N = 304, and North/Midwest N = 349). SATAQ-4 scale scores demonstrated excellent reliability and good convergent validity with measures of body image, eating disturbance, and self-esteem. Study 2 replicated the factorial validity, reliability, and convergent validity of the SATAQ-4 in an international sample of women drawn from Italy, England, and Australia (N = 362). Study 3 examined a sample of college males from the US (N = 271); the five-factor solution was largely replicated, yet there was some evidence of an underlying structure unique to men. Future research avenues include additional item testing and modification of the scale for men, as well as adaptation of the measure for children and adolescents.
Development and validation of the Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire-4 (SATAQ-4) / L.M. Schaefer; N.L. Burke; J.K. Thompson; R.F. Dedrick; L.J. Heinberg; R.M. Calogero; A.M. Bardone-Cone; M.K. Higgins; D.A. Frederick; M. Kelly; D.A. Anderson; K. Schaumberg; A. Nerini; C. Stefanile; H. Dittmar; L. Clark; Z. Adams; S. Macwana; K.L. Klump; A.C. Vercellone; S.J. Paxton; V. Swami. - In: PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT. - ISSN 1040-3590. - STAMPA. - 27:(2015), pp. 54-67. [10.1037/a0037917]
Development and validation of the Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire-4 (SATAQ-4)
NERINI, AMANDA;STEFANILE, CRISTINA;
2015
Abstract
The Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire-3 (SATAQ-3) and its earlier versions are measures designed to assess societal and interpersonal aspects of appearance ideals. Correlational, structural equation modeling, and prospective studies of the SATAQ-3 have shown consistent and significant associations with measures of body image disturbance and eating pathology. In the current investigation, the SATAQ-3 was revised to improve upon some conceptual limitations and was evaluated in four US and three international female samples, as well as a US male sample. In Study 1, exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses for a sample of women from the Southeastern US (N = 859) indicated a 22-item scale with five factors: Internalization: Thin/Low Body Fat, Internalization: Muscular/Athletic, Pressures: Family, Pressures: Media, Pressures: Peers. This scale structure was confirmed in three independent and geographically diverse samples of women from the US (East Coast N = 440, West Coast N = 304, and North/Midwest N = 349). SATAQ-4 scale scores demonstrated excellent reliability and good convergent validity with measures of body image, eating disturbance, and self-esteem. Study 2 replicated the factorial validity, reliability, and convergent validity of the SATAQ-4 in an international sample of women drawn from Italy, England, and Australia (N = 362). Study 3 examined a sample of college males from the US (N = 271); the five-factor solution was largely replicated, yet there was some evidence of an underlying structure unique to men. Future research avenues include additional item testing and modification of the scale for men, as well as adaptation of the measure for children and adolescents.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
---|---|---|---|
2015 Shaefer et al_Sataq4-pubbl.pdf
Accesso chiuso
Tipologia:
Pdf editoriale (Version of record)
Licenza:
Tutti i diritti riservati
Dimensione
163.5 kB
Formato
Adobe PDF
|
163.5 kB | Adobe PDF | Richiedi una copia |
I documenti in FLORE sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.