title: Spanish version of the Body Appreciation Scale (BAS) for adolescents.
abstract: The need to study the positive aspects of body image led to the design of the Body Appreciation Scale (BAS). The aim of the present study was to develop a Spanish adaptation of the BAS for adolescents, testing its factor structure, construct validity and any differences between girls and boys. Participants were 312 adolescents aged between 12 and 20; there were 148 females and 164 males. The validation analysis of the BAS revealed a one-factor structure with adequate internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha = .908) and construct validity (correlations with body mass index, influence of the body shape model, perceived stress, coping strategies, self-esteem and variables from the Eating Disorders Inventory-2), as well as significant differences between boys and girls (p < .01). The BAS is suitable for administration in a Spanish adolescent population as a way of analysing the positive aspects of body image.
authors.affiliation: Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Area de Nutrición y Bromatología, Carretera de Utrera Km, 1, 41013 Sevilla, Spain. igjl@upo.es
authors.forename: Ignacio
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Jáuregui Lobera
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bolaños Ríos
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D001828:Body Image; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002032:Bulimia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012649:Self Concept; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications; D013851:Thinness / Q000523:psychology; D014175:Translating