title: Psychological and behavioral correlates of the SATAQ-3 with males.
abstract: The current study used confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to investigate the factor structure of a revised version of the Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire (SATAQ-3) with a sample of undergraduate males. In addition to completing the SATAQ-3, participants completed various measures pertaining to body image, behavioral, and psychological constructs to examine concurrent and discriminant validity. CFA results indicated that the four factors of the SATAQ-3, Information, Pressures, Internalization-General, and Internalization-Athlete, represented the data well and better than an alternative 3-factor structure that combined the two Internalization subscales. All four factors demonstrated excellent concurrent and discriminant validity. Findings from this study support use of a slightly modified version of the SATAQ-3 with males. The present results also support the continued investigation of media influences as multidimensional constructs important to male body image.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Kent State University, Kent Hall, Kent, OH 44240, USA. bkarazsi@kent.edu
authors.forename: Bryan T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Karazsia
authors.forename: Janis H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Crowther
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude / Q000208:ethnology*; D001828:Body Image; D015992:Body Mass Index; D003469:Culture; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000523:psychology; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008402:Mass Media; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012649:Self Concept; D012928:Social Desirability; D013008:Somatotypes; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires