title: The development of the Body Morph Assessment version 2.0 (BMA 2.0): tests of reliability and validity.
abstract: This study tested the psychometric characteristics of the Body Morph Assessment version 2.0 (BMA 2.0). A sample of 563 adults composed of four groups classified by gender and ethnicity (Caucasian men and women and African-American men and women) were studied. Support for the internal consistency and test-retest reliability of the BMA 2.0 was found for both men and women. A study of convergent validity was conducted. The BMA 2.0 was found to have adequate reliability and validity. Norms were established for the BMA 2.0 estimates of current body size (CBS), ideal body size (IBS), and acceptable body size (ABS) for Caucasian and African-American men and women. In summary, the BMA 2.0 is a reliable and valid computerized measure of CBS, IBS, ABS, the CBS-IBS discrepancy (body dissatisfaction), and provides an estimate of over/underestimation of body size as compared to individuals of the same sex and body mass index.
authors.affiliation: Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA. StewarTM@pbrc.edu
authors.forename: Tiffany M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Stewart
authors.forename: H Raymond
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Allen
authors.forename: Hongmei
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Donald A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Williamson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000368:Aged; D015992:Body Mass Index; D049628:Body Size; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013008:Somatotypes; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D044465:White People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult