The validity of the Czech version of Body Appreciation Scale-2 for adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Understanding the formation of body image is critical for the prevention and treatment of eating disorders, especially in adolescence, when body image develops significantly. One of the important facets of body image is body appreciation, which consists of positive feelings and attitudes towards the body regardless of its perceived "flaws". To measure body appreciation, Body Appreciation Scale-2 (Tylka and Wood-Barcalow in Body Image 12:53-67, 2015a), a unidimensional 10-item measure, has been developed and routinely used in body image research. The current study examined the validity (i.e., factor structure, gender and age invariance, associations with other constructs) of the Czech version of Body Appreciation Scale-2 for adolescents.

Methods

The study used two

SUBMITTER: Kvardova N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10557209 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature