Dou Guangbo, Wu Jiahao, Sun Siyao
College of Exercise and Health, Shenyang Sport University, Liaoning, China.
BMC Public Health. 2025 Apr 21;25(1):1465. doi: 10.1186/s12889-025-22546-1.
Previous studies have demonstrated the significant impact of body dissatisfaction on the physical and mental well-being of women. China's culture idealizes thinness and beauty, and women are more prone to experiencing body dissatisfaction. However, research on women's body dissatisfaction has predominantly focused on Western societies, with limited investigations conducted in China. Meanwhile, there exists a dearth of specific measurement tools for assessing Chinese adult women's body dissatisfaction. Therefore, the work aimed to assess the reliability of the Female Body Scale (FBS) and the Female Fit Body Scale (FFITBS) among Chinese adult women.
A total of 1,340 Chinese adult women selected body figures that most accurately represented their current and ideal bodies through the FBS and the FFITBS. Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire 6.0 (EDE-Q6.0) and Drive for Muscularity Scale (DMS) were completed. Re-test was conducted four to 3-4 weeks later to complete the FBS and the FFITBS again.
The validity and reliability of the FBS and the FFITBS have been demonstrated in Chinese adult women. A majority of women expressed a desire for a smaller body, which encompassed muscularity and adiposity dimensions. There was a significant correlation between body dissatisfaction scores and eating disorder scores among Chinese adult women. Additionally, the body dissatisfaction scores obtained from the FFITBS significantly predicted the DMS scores. Furthermore, among Chinese adult women, only the heterosexual and bisexual groups show differences in muscularity-dimension body dissatisfaction, while no significant differences are found among the other groups.
The findings suggested that the FBS and the FFITBS could be valuable scientific tools for evaluating body dissatisfaction among Chinese adult women.
先前的研究已经证明身体不满意对女性身心健康有重大影响。中国文化崇尚瘦与美，女性更容易出现身体不满意。然而，关于女性身体不满意的研究主要集中在西方社会，在中国进行的调查有限。与此同时，评估中国成年女性身体不满意的特定测量工具匮乏。因此，这项工作旨在评估女性身体量表（FBS）和女性健康身体量表（FFITBS）在中国成年女性中的可靠性。
共有1340名中国成年女性通过FBS和FFITBS选择最能代表她们当前和理想身体的体型。完成饮食失调检查表6.0（EDE-Q6.0）和肌肉追求量表（DMS）。4至3-4周后进行重新测试，再次完成FBS和FFITBS。
FBS和FFITBS的有效性和可靠性在中国成年女性中得到了证明。大多数女性表示希望身体更小，这包括肌肉量和脂肪量维度。中国成年女性的身体不满意得分与饮食失调得分之间存在显著相关性。此外，从FFITBS获得的身体不满意得分显著预测了DMS得分。此外，在中国成年女性中，只有异性恋和双性恋群体在肌肉量维度的身体不满意方面存在差异，而其他群体之间没有显著差异。
研究结果表明，FBS和FFITBS可能是评估中国成年女性身体不满意的有价值的科学工具。
