The Social Physique Anxiety Scale: Reliability and Construct Validity

Petrie, Trent A.; Diehl, Nancy; Rogers, Rebecca; Johnson, Courtney E.

doi:10.1123/jsep.18.4.420

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“…Scores ranged from 12 to 60; a high score indicates a high level of concern about others evaluating one's body (the responses to some items were reverse scored). Internal and test-retest reliability have been found to be adequate with a number of adult samples (Hart et al, 1989;Martin, Rejeski, Leary, McAuley, & Bane, 1997;Motl & Conroy, 2000;Petrie, Diehl, Rogers, & Johnson, 1996). Internal reliability was high among both men and women in the present sample (α > .80).…”

Section: Body Image Measuresmentioning

confidence: 49%

Relationships Between Men’s and Women’s Body Image and Their Psychological, Social, and Sexual Functioning

2005

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This study was designed to examine the relationships between different aspects of body image and psychological, social, and sexual functioning throughout adulthood. The respondents were 211 men and 226 women (age range 18-86 years; mean = 42.26). Respondents completed measures of self-rated attractiveness, body satisfaction, body image importance, body image behaviors, appearance comparison, social physique anxiety, self-esteem, depression, anxiety, and social and sexual functioning. Body image was associated with self-esteem for all groups, but was unrelated to other aspects of psychological, social, and sexual functioning. There were some exceptions; a disturbance in body image was related to problematic social and sexual functioning among middle-aged men and to depression and anxiety symptoms in late adulthood among men and women. Middle-aged men who presented with the type of body image disturbance typical of women were more likely to have impaired interpersonal functioning. These results demonstrate that social aspects of body image appear to be important in understanding psychological functioning in later life.

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Section: Body Image Measuresmentioning

confidence: 49%

Relationships Between Men’s and Women’s Body Image and Their Psychological, Social, and Sexual Functioning

2005

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“…According to Eklund et al (1996, p. 293), "There is a need for further investigation of the psychometric properties of the SPAS given the conceptual concerns identified on the basis of face validity" (p. 293). Petrie, Diehl, Rogers, and Johnson (1996) examined the validity of the higher order model for both men and women. The fit indexes indicated that SPAS-12 was better represented by the higher order model for both men and women (Petrie et al, 1996).…”

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“…Petrie, Diehl, Rogers, and Johnson (1996) examined the validity of the higher order model for both men and women. The fit indexes indicated that SPAS-12 was better represented by the higher order model for both men and women (Petrie et al, 1996). Eklund et al (1997) also revealed that the higher order model had better fit for both men and women and that modifying Item 2 appeared to resolve the inconsistency of responses for that item.…”

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Examining the Stability of the 7-Item Social Physique Anxiety Scale Using a Test-Retest Method

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Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science

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“…Hart et al (1989) reported that for two samples (n 5 89 and n 5 56) a principal components analysis showed that all 12 items loaded greater than 0.55 on a single unrotated component. However, other studies have obtained multiple factors (Eklund, Mack, & Hart, 1996;Motl & Conroy, 2000;Petrie, Diehl, Rogers, & Johnson, 1996), although these factors may simply represent positively-versus negatively-worded items (Motl & Conroy, 2000). They found that a unidimensional solution better fit both 9-item and 7-item versions of the scale.…”

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confidence: 91%