title: One-year temporal stability and predictive and incremental validity of the body, eating, and exercise comparison orientation measure (BEECOM) among college women.
abstract: This study examined the one-year temporal stability and the predictive and incremental validity of the Body, Eating, and Exercise Comparison Measure (BEECOM) in a sample of 237 college women who completed study measures at two time points about one year apart. One-year temporal stability was high for the BEECOM total and subscale (i.e., Body, Eating, and Exercise Comparison Orientation) scores. Additionally, the BEECOM exhibited predictive validity in that it accounted for variance in body dissatisfaction and eating disorder symptomatology one year later. These findings held even after controlling for body mass index and existing measures of social comparison orientation. However, results regarding the incremental validity of the BEECOM, or its ability to predict change in these constructs over time, were more mixed. Overall, this study demonstrated additional psychometric properties of the BEECOM among college women, further establishing the usefulness of this measure for more comprehensively assessing eating disorder-related social comparison.
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Psychology, Chapel Hill, NC, United States. Electronic address: fitzsimmonscraft@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Ellen E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Fitzsimmons-Craft
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Psychology, Chapel Hill, NC, United States. Electronic address: bardonecone@unc.edu.
authors.forename: Anna M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Bardone-Cone
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001828:Body Image / Q000523:psychology*; D015444:Exercise / Q000523:psychology*; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012933:Social Identification; D015144:Southeastern United States; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014930:Women / Q000523:psychology; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Body dissatisfaction; Eating disorders; Incremental validity; Predictive validity; Social comparison; Temporal stability