Cross-National Study on the Convergent, Discriminant, and Concurrent Validity of the "Body Size Perception" Item in the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite its significant usefulness in adolescent health studies, the single-item "body size perception" question, developed within the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey, has yet to undergo multidimensional validation.

Objectives

To assess the convergent, divergent and concurrent validity of the HBSC body size perception question among adolescents.

Methods

The single-item HBSC body size perception question is as follows: "Do you think your body is…?," with answers ranging from "much too thin" to "much too fat." Fifteen-year-old participants included in the analysis were 72,086 from 45 HBSC countries in 2017/18 (concurrent validity), and 595, 127, and 615 in 2021/22 in French-speaking Belgium, Ireland, and Poland, respectively. The conver

SUBMITTER: Rouche M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11406042 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature