title: Validity and reliability of the French versions of the body shape questionnaire.
abstract: The validity of the 34-item and shortened versions of the Body Shape Questionnaire (BSQ) has been evaluated in various languages. To date, only the validity of the 34-item French BSQ scale has been tested in a nonclinical sample. This study assessed the reliability and validity of the 34-item French BSQ and 7 shortened versions in clinical and nonclinical samples. The 34-item French BSQ was administered to 159 obese women with and without binge eating disorders and to 1,169 female undergraduate students. The results suggested that the BSQ-8B was the best French BSQ to use in nonclinical and clinical samples.
authors.affiliation: a Teaching and Research Unit in Physical Education and Sports (UER-EPS) , University of Teacher Education , State of Vaud (HEP-VD), Lausanne , Switzerland.
authors.forename: Vanessa
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lentillon-Kaestner
authors.forename: André
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Berchtold
authors.forename: Amélie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rousseau
authors.forename: Claude
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ferrand
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001828:Body Image; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000523:psychology; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D013557:Switzerland; D055815:Young Adult