Department of Psychology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States.
Sanford Center for Biobehavioral Research, Fargo, ND, United States.
Body Image. 2019 Dec;31:198-203. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2019.08.006. Epub 2019 Aug 30.
Accurate measurement of constructs under investigation is an often-overlooked ingredient of research. However, sound use of strategies to ensure valid and reliable assessment is the building block for any research design, data analysis, and outcome interpretation. In this paper, we note how Thomas F. Cash has pioneered and steered this process in the field of body image for over 30 years-in fact, in the inaugural issue of Body Image, the first article after the editorial introduction focused on measurement (see Thompson, 2004). In the current paper, we detail some of the seminal measures developed by Thomas Cash as well as update the common errors in the (mis)measurement of body image noted in Thompson (2004). The future of body image assessment is bright if we focus on the illumination of past work by Thomas Cash.
准确测量研究对象是研究中经常被忽视的一个环节。然而，为了确保评估的有效性和可靠性而采用的各种策略，是任何研究设计、数据分析和结果解释的基础。在本文中，我们注意到托马斯·F·卡什（Thomas F. Cash）在过去 30 多年里如何率先并引导身体意象领域朝着这个方向发展——事实上，在《身体意象》（Body Image）的创刊号中，编辑介绍之后的第一篇文章就聚焦于测量（见汤普森，2004）。在本期论文中，我们详细介绍了托马斯·卡什（Thomas Cash）开发的一些主要测量方法，并更新了汤普森（2004）中提到的身体意象（mis）测量中的常见错误。如果我们专注于托马斯·卡什（Thomas Cash）过去工作的启示，那么身体意象评估的未来将是光明的。
