Factor structure and psychometric properties of the Body Appreciation Scale-2 among adolescents and young adults in Danish, Portuguese, and Swedish

J E Lemoine; H Konradsen; A Lunde Jensen; C Roland-Lévy; P Ny; A Khalaf; S Torres

doi:10.1016/j.bodyim.2018.04.004

Factor structure and psychometric properties of the Body Appreciation Scale-2 among adolescents and young adults in Danish, Portuguese, and Swedish

Body Image. 2018 Sep:26:1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2018.04.004. Epub 2018 May 14.

Authors

J E Lemoine¹, H Konradsen², A Lunde Jensen³, C Roland-Lévy⁴, P Ny⁵, A Khalaf⁶, S Torres⁷

Affiliations

¹ ESCP Europe Business School, 527 Finchley Rd, London NW3 7BG, United Kingdom; C2S, University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne, 57, Rue Pierre-Taittinger, 51096 Reims Cedex, France. Electronic address: jeremy.lemoine@univ-reims.fr.
² Karolinska Institutet, NVS, Alfred Nobels Álle 23, 141 52 Huddinge, Sweden; Herlev and Gentofte University Hospital, Herlev Ringvej 75, 2730 Herlev, Denmark. Electronic address: hanne.konradsen@ki.se.
³ Department of Medicine and Endocrinology Aarhus University Hospital, Tage Hansens-gade 2, DK-8000 Aarhus N, Denmark; Aarhus University, Faculty of Health, Institute of Public Health, Department of Nursing Science, Hoegh Guldbergsgade 6, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark. Electronic address: annesjen@rm.dk.
⁴ C2S, University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne, 57, Rue Pierre-Taittinger, 51096 Reims Cedex, France. Electronic address: christine.roland-lévy@univ-reims.fr.
⁵ The PRO-CARE Group, Faculty of Health Science, Kristianstad University, 291 88 Kristianstad, Sweden.
⁶ The PRO-CARE Group, Faculty of Health Science, Kristianstad University, 291 88 Kristianstad, Sweden. Electronic address: atika.khalaf@hkr.se.
⁷ Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal. Electronic address: storres@fpce.up.pt.

PMID: 29772464
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2018.04.004

Abstract

In recent years, the study of body image shifted from focusing on the negative aspects to a more extensive view of body image. The present study seeks to validate a measure of positive body image, the Body Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2; Tylka & Wood-Barcalow, 2015a) in Denmark, Portugal, and Sweden. Participants (N = 1012) were adolescents and young adults aged from 12 to 19. Confirmatory factor analyses confirmed the one-dimensional factor structure of the scale. Multi-group confirmatory factor analyses indicated that the scale was invariant across sex and country. Further results showed that BAS-2 was positively correlated with self-esteem, psychological well-being, and intuitive eating. It was negatively correlated with BMI among boys and girls in Portugal but not in Denmark and Sweden. Additionally, boys had higher body appreciation than girls. Results indicated that the BAS-2 has good psychometric properties in the three languages.

Keywords: Adolescence; Body appreciation; Denmark; Measurement invariance; Portugal; Psychometrics; Sweden.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Body Image / psychology*
Body Mass Index*
Child
Denmark
Female
Humans
Male
Portugal
Psychometrics
Reproducibility of Results
Self Concept*
Sex Factors
Surveys and Questionnaires
Sweden
Young Adult