School of Psychology and Sport Science, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Centre for Psychological Medicine, Perdana University, Serdang, Malaysia.
School of Psychology and Sport Science, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Body Image. 2020 Dec;35:71-74. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2020.08.006. Epub 2020 Sep 16.
The construct of body acceptance by others (i.e., the degree to which an individual perceives acceptance for their appearance by others) is central to conceptual models of positive body image and adaptive eating styles. It is typically measured using the 10-item Body Acceptance by Others Scale (BAOS; Avalos & Tylka, 2006), but emerging research has suggested that a unidimensional model of BAOS scores may be unstable. Here, we examined the factor structure of BAOS scores in a sample of adults from the United Kingdom (N = 1148). Exploratory factor analyses indicated that BAOS scores reduced to two dimensions in women, of which only a primary 6-item factor was stable. In men, all 10 items loaded onto a primary factor. However, the results of confirmatory factor analyses indicated that both models of BAOS scores had poor fit. Although both the unidimensional 10-item and 6-item models had adequate internal consistency, our results are suggestive of factor structure instability. We conclude by suggesting ways in which future research could revise the BAOS to improve its factorial stability and validity.
他人身体接纳的构建（即个体感知到他人对其外貌的接纳程度）是积极身体形象和适应性饮食方式概念模型的核心。它通常使用 10 项他人身体接纳量表（BAOS；Avalos & Tylka，2006）来测量，但新兴研究表明，BAOS 分数的单维模型可能不稳定。在这里，我们在来自英国的成年人样本中（N=1148）检验了 BAOS 分数的因子结构。探索性因素分析表明，BAOS 分数在女性中简化为两个维度，其中只有一个主要的 6 项因素是稳定的。在男性中，所有 10 项都归入一个主要因素。然而，验证性因素分析的结果表明，BAOS 分数的两种模型拟合都不好。尽管 10 项和 6 项的单维模型都具有足够的内部一致性，但我们的结果表明因子结构不稳定。最后，我们提出了一些方法，建议未来的研究如何修改 BAOS，以提高其因子稳定性和有效性。
