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

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40337-023-00897-7" target="_blank" >10.1186/s40337-023-00897-7</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

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

Original language description

Background Understanding the formation of body image is critical for the prevention and treatment of eating disorders, especially in adolescence, when body image develops signifcantly. 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 “faws”. 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 large samples of Czech adolescents, aged 13–18 (N1=613, M=15.5, 52% girls; N2=1,530, M=15.4, 50% girls). The data were collected in August 2021 (N1) and November 2020 (N2) through an online survey. For the data analysis, we used confrmatory factor analysis (CFA), multi-group confrmatory factor analysis (MG-CFA), and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). Results Our fndings supported the proposed unidimensional factor structure and the gender (i.e., girls, boys) and age (i.e., 13–15, 16–18) scalar invariance of the Czech version of Body Appreciation Scale-2. The data also showed the expected positive correlations with body satisfaction and self-esteem, and negative correlations with mediaideal internalization, appearance schematicity, and depression. Furthermore, we discovered that body appreciation was more strongly connected to media-ideal internalization and depression for girls than boys. Conclusions The present study provided robust evidence that supports the validity of the Czech version of Body Appreciation Scale-2 and its usability for the assessment of body appreciation in Czech adolescents. We also proposed future directions for the research on body appreciation based on the explored gender diferences.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50100 - Psychology and cognitive sciences

Project

<a href="/en/project/GX19-27828X" target="_blank" >GX19-27828X: Modelling the future: Understanding the impact of technology on adolescent’s well-being</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Eating Disorders

ISSN

2050-2974

e-ISSN

2050-2974

Volume of the periodical

11

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

15

Pages from-to

1-15

UT code for WoS article

001126378500001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85173741782