Evaluating the psychometric properties of the Polish version of the Body Appreciation Scale-2

The factor structure and psychometric properties of an Arabic‐translated version of the Body Appreciation Scale‐2

“…Furthermore, our analyses also provide evidence of the BAS‐2′s internal consistency and convergent validity. Correlation coefficients between scores on the BAS‐2 and the BASES and EIS, respectively concur with those of previous studies . Body appreciation scores were positively correlated with scores on authentic body pride and body image.…”

“…An EFA supported the presence of a one‐dimensional factor structure for the BAS‐2. This is in accordance with the original English version as well as other translated versions in a variety of different languages . Our convenience sample of females limited any exploration of sex differences in the presentation of body appreciation in this locale.…”

“…Body appreciation is most frequently measured using the Body Appreciation Scale‐2 (BAS‐2) . This most recent iteration of the scale was developed to address issues related to its reported lack of cross‐cultural validity . The current 10‐item BAS‐2 has demonstrated satisfactory psychometric properties, including a consistent single factor structure, adequate internal consistency, good test–retest reliability, and adequate construct validity across a number of varying linguistic and cultural contexts including in China, France, Iceland, Iran, Holland, Serbia, Spain, Poland, and the United States …”

Examining the psychometric properties of the Body Appreciation Scale-2 in Brazilian adolescents

“…d Iran = 0.15;d China = 0.16,d France = 0.16 and 0.19;d Spain = 0.04). Moreover, these studies have found positive associations between BAS-2 scores and well-being indicators such as life satisfaction (Alleva et al, 2016;Atari, 2016;Swami et al, 2016;Swami & NG, 2015), as well as negative associations with BMI (Alleva et al, 2016;Atari, 2016;Razmus & Razmus, 2017) and body and weight dissatisfaction (Razmus & Razmus, 2017;Swami et al, 2016). Finally, Alleva et al (2016) reported that BAS-2 scores made an incremental contribution to self-esteem over other positive body image-related constructs in a sample of Dutch-speaking undergraduates, therefore providing evidence of incremental validity for the instrument.…”

“…For example, the one-dimensional factor structure of BAS-2 has been supported in Dutch-speaking (Alleva, Martijn, Veldhuis, & Tylka, 2016), Cantonese-speaking (Swami & NG, 2015), French-speaking (Kertechian & Swami, 2017), and Romanian-speaking (Swami, Tudorel, Goian, Barron, & Vintila, 2017) undergraduates, as well as in Spanishspeaking (Swami, Alías García, & Barron, 2017), Standard Chinese-speaking (Swami, Ng, & Barron, 2016) and Polish-speaking (Razmus & Razmus, 2017) adults. This one-factor structure has also proved to be invariant across gender (Kertechian & Swami, 2017;Razmus & Razmus, 2017;Swami, Alías García, et al, 2017;Swami & NG, 2015), being the Romanian translation (Swami, Tudorel, et al, 2017) the solely exception to this tendency. Regarding reliability, these studies have reported high internal consistency values (from .86 to.92), as well as adequate levels of temporal stability over a three-week period (Swami, Tudorel, et al, 2017).…”