title: Validity and reliability of a Turkish version of the body shape questionnaire among female high school students: preliminary examination.
abstract: The aim of this study is to assess the validity and reliability of a Turkish version of the Body Shape Questionnaire (BSQ) among young people. The BSQ was initially administrated to female high school students (N = 665) and administered a second time to a subset of subjects (N = 144). The subjects also completed the Eating Attitudes Test, the Body Image Satisfaction Questionnaire (a dieting questionnaire) and the Hopkins Symptom Checklist (SCL-90), and were weighed, and their body mass indices were calculated. Test-retest reliability of the BSQ was 0.81. The BSQ score correlated highly with the Eating Attitudes Test, Body Image Satisfaction Questionnaire and the Hopkins Symptom Checklist. Higher BSQ scores were also associated with higher body mass index. The results suggest that the Turkish version of BSQ is a valid and reliable tool for assessing body image concerns in teenagers.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Selcuk University, Turkey.
authors.forename: Asena
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Akdemir
authors.forename: Tacettin
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Inandi
authors.forename: Duygu
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Akbas
authors.forename: Akfer
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Karaoglan Kahilogullari
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eren
authors.forename: Banu Isik
authors.initials: BI
authors.lastname: Canpolat
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001828:Body Image; D015992:Body Mass Index; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D010865:Pilot Projects; D013008:Somatotypes / Q000502:physiology; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014421:Turkey