A Dutch translation and validation of the Body Appreciation Scale-2: An investigation with female university students in the Netherlands.
This paper describes a Dutch translation and validation of the Body Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2; Tylka & Wood-Barcalow, 2015a), an instrument for assessing key components of positive body image. Dutch-speaking female university students (N=310, Mage=21.31, SD=3.04) completed the Dutch BAS-2. To assess its construct validity, participants also completed measures of appearance satisfaction, functionality satisfaction, self-objectification, self-esteem, and optimistic life orientation. Exploratory factor analysis revealed a one-dimensional factor structure of the Dutch BAS-2, substantiating the BAS-2 factor structure found in samples of U.S., Chinese, and Iranian university students and community adults. Dutch BAS-2 scores also demonstrated good internal consistency (α=.90), convergent validity, and incremental validity. In addition, lower body mass indices were associated with higher Dutch BAS-2 scores. The present findings support the cross-cultural equivalence of the BAS-2 and thus its promise in enabling research on positive body image in diverse cultural contexts.
Department of Clinical Psychological Science, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands. Electronic address: Jessica.Alleva@maastrichtuniversity.nl.
Jessica M
JM
Alleva
Department of Clinical Psychological Science, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Carolien
C
Martijn
Department of Communication Science, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Jolanda
J
Veldhuis
Department of Psychology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States.
Tracy L
TL
Tylka
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001828:Body Image / Q000523:psychology*; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009426:Netherlands; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012649:Self Concept; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D014177:Translations; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult
Body appreciation; Dutch women; Factor structure; Positive body image; Psychometrics; Translation