Development and validation of two new scales for assessment of body-image.
This study reports the development and validation of two new and improved tools for assessment of body-image. Two schematic contour scales were created using a frontal view photograph of an adult male and female with height and weight of the median American. A 2-figure analogue scale was created by distorting this drawing by +/- 30%. A 13-card scale was created by generating 13 drawings distorted between +/- 30% by increments of 5%. Evidence is presented for the reliability and validity of both scales. The advantages of these new scales over existing figural and silhouette scales are discussed.
Gardner
R M
RM
Department of Psychology, University of Colorado at Denver 80217-3364, USA. rgardner@carbon.cudenver.edu
Stark
K
K
Jackson
N A
NA
Friedman
B N
BN
D000328:Adult; D001824:Body Constitution; D001828:Body Image; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010781:Photography; D011897:Random Allocation; D015203:Reproducibility of Results