title: The Color-A-Person Body Dissatisfaction Test: stability, internal consistency, validity, and factor structure.
abstract: Stability, internal consistency, validity, and factor structure of the Color-A-Person Body Dissatisfaction Test (CAPT) were assessed. Two- and 4-week test-retest correlations for college students and alpha coefficients for students and eating-disorder patients ranged from .70 to .89. Factor structure was unaffected by gender and clinical status. Correlations were mostly between -.40 and -.60 with Rosenberg's (1965) Self-Esteem Scale and Secord and Jourard's (1953) Body Cathexis Scale (BCS). Men higher on Body Mass Index (BMI) liked upper body parts; women higher on BMI disliked lower body parts. Treatment for bulimia affected both body image tests comparably.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, OH 45267.
authors.forename: O W
authors.initials: OW
authors.lastname: Wooley
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Roll
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001828:Body Image; D001835:Body Weight; D002032:Bulimia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D010552:Personality Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011386:Projective Techniques / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D012016:Reference Values; D013008:Somatotypes