Emmanuel College, United States.
Emmanuel College, United States.
Body Image. 2021 Jun;37:106-116. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2021.01.013. Epub 2021 Feb 17.
Research suggests that positive and negative body talk are important factors in people's body image, however, the instruments designed to measure body talk are generally designed for use with a specific gender and primarily measure negative body talk. To address the shortcomings in the existing measures, the Body Talk Scale (BTS) was designed to measure both positive and negative body talk in men and women. The current study examines the development and psychometric properties of this new scale in two samples of adults, both including men and women. Study 1 focused on the development and examined the factor structure of the original scale items. Study 2 confirmed the factor structure and examined the concurrent validity, incremental validity, test-retest reliability of the scale, and also gender differences. The results indicated that the BTS is a 14-item scale that contains three subscales (Negative Fat Talk, Negative Muscle Talk, and Positive Body Talk) and demonstrates good concurrent validity, incremental validity, and test-retest reliability. Gender comparisons on all three subscales indicated that men engage in more positive body talk than women. The findings demonstrate that the BTS is a useful measure of positive and negative body talk in both men and women.
研究表明，积极和消极的身体言语是人们身体形象的重要因素，然而，用于测量身体言语的工具通常是为特定性别设计的，主要测量消极的身体言语。为了弥补现有测量方法的不足，设计了身体言语量表（BTS）来测量男性和女性的积极和消极身体言语。本研究在两个包含男性和女性的成人样本中考察了该新量表的发展和心理测量特性。研究 1 重点关注发展，并检查了原始量表项目的因子结构。研究 2 证实了因子结构，并考察了量表的同时效度、增量效度、重测信度，以及性别差异。结果表明，BTS 是一个包含 14 个项目的量表，包含三个分量表（消极胖谈、消极肌肉谈和积极身体谈），具有良好的同时效度、增量效度和重测信度。三个分量表上的性别比较表明，男性比女性进行更多的积极身体言语。研究结果表明，BTS 是一种有用的男性和女性积极和消极身体言语的测量工具。
