Smolak L, Levine M P, Thompson J K
Department of Psychology, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, USA.
Int J Eat Disord. 2001 Mar;29(2):216-23. doi: 10.1002/1098-108x(200103)29:2<216::aid-eat1011>3.0.co;2-v.
To assess the psychometric validity of versions of the Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire (SATAQ) designed for use with middle school girls and boys.
As part of a larger study, the SATAQ was administered to 505 middle school children. To assess concurrent validity, scales concerning the use of Weight Control and Muscle Building Techniques as well as the Body Esteem Scale (BES) were also administered. Body mass index (BMI) was also calculated.
Both the girls and boys versions of the SATAQ showed adequate validity. Two SATAQ subscales, Internalization and Awareness of societal ideals of thinness, were identified for girls. For boys, three SATAQ subscales were identified: Internalization and Awareness of a muscular, non-fat ideal and a scale tapping the the importance of a Muscular Look. The subscales and total score showed acceptable concurrent validity. Even after controlling for BMI, they contributed significant explained variance for the use of Weight Control Techniques in both boys and girls and use of Muscle Building Techniques in boys. Patterns of relationships among variables differed by gender.
The results suggest that sociocultural influences play a role in the use of Weight Control and Muscle Building Techniques for middle school boys although their influence is not as strong as it is for the use of Weight Control Techniques by middle school girls. The SATAQ seems to be an adequate measure of the nature of some of these influences.
评估专为初中女生和男生设计的《外表的社会文化态度问卷》（SATAQ）版本的心理测量效度。
作为一项更大规模研究的一部分，对505名中学生进行了SATAQ测试。为评估同时效度，还施测了有关体重控制和肌肉锻炼技术使用的量表以及身体自尊量表（BES）。还计算了体重指数（BMI）。
SATAQ的女生版和男生版均显示出足够的效度。为女生确定了SATAQ的两个子量表，即内化和对瘦的社会理想的认知。为男生确定了SATAQ的三个子量表：内化和对肌肉发达、非肥胖理想的认知以及一个衡量肌肉外观重要性的量表。这些子量表和总分显示出可接受的同时效度。即使在控制了BMI之后，它们对男生和女生体重控制技术的使用以及男生肌肉锻炼技术的使用也有显著的解释方差。变量之间的关系模式因性别而异。
结果表明，社会文化影响在初中男生体重控制和肌肉锻炼技术的使用中起作用，尽管其影响不如对初中女生体重控制技术使用的影响那么强烈。SATAQ似乎是对其中一些影响性质的充分衡量。
