Kvardova Nikol, Lacko David, Machackova Hana
Interdisciplinary Research Team on Internet and Society, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Jostova 10, 60200, Brno, Czech Republic.
J Eat Disord. 2023 Oct 5;11(1):176. doi: 10.1186/s40337-023-00897-7.
Understanding the formation of body image is critical for the prevention and treatment of eating disorders, especially in adolescence, when body image develops significantly. One of the important facets of body image is body appreciation, which consists of positive feelings and attitudes towards the body regardless of its perceived "flaws". To measure body appreciation, Body Appreciation Scale-2 (Tylka and Wood-Barcalow in Body Image 12:53-67, 2015a), a unidimensional 10-item measure, has been developed and routinely used in body image research. The current study examined the validity (i.e., factor structure, gender and age invariance, associations with other constructs) of the Czech version of Body Appreciation Scale-2 for adolescents.
The study used two large samples of Czech adolescents, aged 13-18 (N = 613, M = 15.5, 52% girls; N = 1,530, M = 15.4, 50% girls). The data were collected in August 2021 (N) and November 2020 (N) through an online survey. For the data analysis, we used confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), multi-group confirmatory factor analysis (MG-CFA), and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM).
Our findings supported the proposed unidimensional factor structure and the gender (i.e., girls, boys) and age (i.e., 13-15, 16-18) scalar invariance of the Czech version of Body Appreciation Scale-2. The data also showed the expected positive correlations with body satisfaction and self-esteem, and negative correlations with media-ideal internalization, appearance schematicity, and depression. Furthermore, we discovered that body appreciation was more strongly connected to media-ideal internalization and depression for girls than boys.
The present study provided robust evidence that supports the validity of the Czech version of Body Appreciation Scale-2 and its usability for the assessment of body appreciation in Czech adolescents. We also proposed future directions for the research on body appreciation based on the explored gender differences.
了解身体意象的形成对于饮食失调的预防和治疗至关重要，尤其是在青春期，这一时期身体意象会显著发展。身体意象的一个重要方面是身体欣赏，它包括对身体的积极感受和态度，无论其被认为有哪些“缺陷”。为了测量身体欣赏，已开发出《身体欣赏量表-2》（泰尔卡和伍德-巴卡洛，《身体意象》第12卷：53-67页，2015年a期），这是一个由10个项目组成的单维度量表，并在身体意象研究中经常使用。本研究检验了青少年版捷克语《身体欣赏量表-2》的效度（即因子结构、性别和年龄不变性、与其他构念的关联）。
本研究使用了两个来自捷克青少年的大样本，年龄在13至18岁之间（N = 613，平均年龄M = 15.5岁，女孩占52%；N = 1530，平均年龄M = 15.4岁，女孩占50%）。数据于2021年8月（N）和2020年11月（N）通过在线调查收集。对于数据分析，我们使用了验证性因子分析（CFA）、多组验证性因子分析（MG-CFA）和结构方程模型（SEM）。
我们的研究结果支持了所提出的单维度因子结构以及捷克语版《身体欣赏量表-2》的性别（即女孩、男孩）和年龄（即13-15岁、16-18岁）标量不变性。数据还显示出与身体满意度和自尊的预期正相关，以及与媒体理想内化、外表图式化和抑郁的负相关。此外，我们发现女孩的身体欣赏与媒体理想内化和抑郁的联系比男孩更强。
本研究提供了有力证据，支持捷克语版《身体欣赏量表-2》的效度及其在评估捷克青少年身体欣赏方面的可用性。我们还基于所探索的性别差异提出了身体欣赏研究的未来方向。
