title: Psychometric properties of the Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire-4 (SATAQ-4) in French women and men.
abstract: This study evaluated the psychometric properties of the Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire-4 (SATAQ-4), a measure of internalization of societal appearance ideals, in French men and women. French college students completed a translation of the 22-item SATAQ-4 and measures of body image and eating concerns. Exploratory analyses among women (N=207) indicated a 20-item scale with the original five factors: Internalization: Thin/Low Body Fat, Internalization: Muscular/Athletic, Pressures: Family, Pressures: Media, Pressures: Peers. This structure was confirmed among a second sample of women (N=227). The SATAQ-4 scores revealed excellent reliability and convergent validity with body image and eating concern scores. A slightly modified factor structure emerged in men, with excellent reliability. Among men, the SATAQ-4 subscales were consistently associated with eating, and shape and weight concerns, although less consistently with general measures of body image. The French SATAQ-4 is a useful measure of internalization of appearance ideals.
authors.affiliation: Northeastern University, Boston, MA, United States.
authors.forename: Rachel F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Rodgers
authors.affiliation: University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States.
authors.forename: Lauren M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Schaefer
authors.affiliation: University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States. Electronic address: jkthompson@usf.edu.
authors.forename: J Kevin
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.affiliation: Université Jean Jaures, Toulouse, France.
authors.forename: Marilou
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Girard
authors.affiliation: Université Jean Jaures, Toulouse, France.
authors.forename: Mélanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bertrand
authors.affiliation: Université Jean Jaures, Toulouse, France.
authors.forename: Henri
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chabrol
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D057215:Body Dysmorphic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D001828:Body Image; D001835:Body Weight; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D000067029:Physical Appearance, Body; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012737:Sex Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013851:Thinness / Q000523:psychology; D014177:Translations; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Appearance ideals; Body image; Disordered eating; France; Internalization; Sociocultural