Body appreciation around the world: Measurement invariance of the Body Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2) across 65 nations, 40 languages, gender identities, and age.

The Body Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2) is a widely used measure of a core facet of the positive body image construct. However, extant research concerning measurement invariance of the BAS-2 across a large number of nations remains limited. Here, we utilised the Body Image in Nature (BINS) dataset - with data collected between 2020 and 2022 - to assess measurement invariance of the BAS-2 across 65 nations, 40 languages, gender identities, and age groups. Multi-group confirmatory factor analysis indicated that full scalar invariance was upheld across all nations, languages, gender identities, and age groups, suggesting that the unidimensional BAS-2 model has widespread applicability. There were large differences across nations and languages in latent body appreciation, while differences across gender identities and age groups were negligible-to-small. Additionally, greater body appreciation was significantly associated with higher life satisfaction, being single (versus being married or in a committed relationship), and greater rurality (versus urbanicity). Across a subset of nations where nation-level data were available, greater body appreciation was also significantly associated with greater cultural distance from the United States and greater relative income inequality. These findings suggest that the BAS-2 likely captures a near-universal conceptualisation of the body appreciation construct, which should facilitate further cross-cultural research. [Abstract copyright: Copyright © 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.

Body appreciation around the world: Measurement invariance of the Body Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2) across 65 nations, 40 languages, gender identities, and age

Abstract The Body Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2) is a widely used measure of a core facet of the positive body image construct. However, extant research concerning measurement invariance of the BAS-2 across a large number of nations remains limited. Here, we utilised the Body Image in Nature (BINS) dataset – with data collected between 2020 and 2022 – to assess measurement invariance of the BAS-2 across 65 nations, 40 languages, gender identities, and age groups. Multi-group confirmatory factor analysis indicated that full scalar invariance was upheld across all nations, languages, gender identities, and age groups, suggesting that the unidimensional BAS-2 model has widespread applicability. There were large differences across nations and languages in latent body appreciation, while differences across gender identities and age groups were negligible-to-small. Additionally, greater body appreciation was significantly associated with higher life satisfaction, being single (versus being married or in a committed relationship), and greater rurality (versus urbanicity). Across a subset of nations where nation-level data were available, greater body appreciation was also significantly associated with greater cultural distance from the United States and greater relative income inequality. These findings suggest that the BAS-2 likely captures a near-universal conceptualisation of the body appreciation construct, which should facilitate further cross-cultural research

Body appreciation around the world: Measurement invariance of the Body Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2) across 65 nations, 40 languages, gender identities, and age

The Body Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2) is a widely used measure of a core facet of the positive body image construct. However, extant research concerning measurement invariance of the BAS-2 across a large number of nations remains limited. Here, we utilised the Body Image in Nature (BINS) dataset - with data collected between 2020 and 2022 - to assess measurement invariance of the BAS-2 across 65 nations, 40 languages, gender identities, and age groups. Multi-group confirmatory factor analysis indicated that full scalar invariance was upheld across all nations, languages, gender identities, and age groups, suggesting that the unidimensional BAS-2 model has widespread applicability. There were large differences across nations and languages in latent body appreciation, while differences across gender identities and age groups were negligible-to-small. Additionally, greater body appreciation was significantly associated with higher life satisfaction, being single (versus being married or in a committed relationship), and greater rurality (versus urbanicity). Across a subset of nations where nation-level data were available, greater body appreciation was also significantly associated with greater cultural distance from the United States and greater relative income inequality. These findings suggest that the BAS-2 likely captures a near-universal conceptualisation of the body appreciation construct, which should facilitate further cross-cultural research

Understanding injuries in sports: Self-reported injury and perceived risk of injury among adolescents

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Contributo alla Validazione Italiana della Versione Breve del Physical Self Inventory (PSI) per Adolescenti

Il presente studio rappresenta un contributo alla validazione italiana delle versioni breve e molto breve del Physical Self Inventory (PSI) per adolescenti. Le due versioni del Physical Self Inventory sono state valutate positivamente nella letteratura internazionale anche se sono state utilizzate per lo più in campioni di lingua francese. Un ampio campione di adolescenti italiani ha preso parte allo studio (N = 1121; 52% femmine). I risultati dell’analisi fattoriale confermativa sono per lo più in linea con quelli trovati in adolescenti francesi. I test di invarianza confermano l’equivalenza della struttura fattoriale per genere così come per pratica sportiva; tuttavia le medie latenti sono risultate significativamente più elevate nei maschi e negli sportivi. L’attendibilità delle scale è generalmente buona con l’eccezione della scala per l’aspetto fisico. In breve, il Physical Self Inventory nelle sue due versioni (breve e molto breve) rappresenta una buona alternativa agli strumenti esistenti per lo studio del sé fisico in adolescenza; infatti, esso è caratterizzato da facilità e brevità di somministrazione così come proprietà psicometriche adeguate, sebbene migliorabili.The present study is a contribution to the Italian validation of the short and very short forms of the Physical Self-Inventory (PSI) for adolescents. The two versions of the Physical Self Inventory have been positively evaluated by the international literature, but they have been used mainly in French speaking samples. A large sample of Italian adolescents have been involved in the study. Results of the confirmatory factor analysis were very similar to those based on French adolescents. Invariance tests confirmed equivalent factorial structures over gender, as well as over sport practice; however, the latent means were significantly higher in males and adolescents practicing sports. Reliability scores of the scales were generally good, with the exception of the physical appearance scale. Summarizing, the short and very short versions of the Physical Self Inventory represent a good alternative to the existing instruments to evaluate physical self-concept in adolescence. Indeed, the PSI is characterized by easy and short administration as well as adequate, but improvable, psychometric properties

Development and validation of the Significant Others Goal-Involving Roles in Sport Questionnaire

International audienceThree studies were conducted to develop and validate a French questionnaire measuring athletes' perceptions of the task- and ego-involving roles of significant others (such as coaches, parents, and peers). In Study 1, a preliminary version was constructed by creating or selecting and adapting 30 items from various existing questionnaire which refer to different significant others. In Study 2, exploratory factor analyses with 210 athletes (M age=17.2) suggested the existence of six scales (PLC: Promotion of Learning by the Coach, PLP: Promotion of Learning by Parents, PLA: Pursuit of Learning by Athletes, PCC: Promotion of Comparison by the Coach, PCP: Promotion of Comparison by Parents, PCA: Pursuit of Comparison by Athletes) with satisfactory internal consistencies, except for the PCP scale. In Study 3, confirmatory factor analyses with 285 athletes (M age=16.9) supported the preliminary six-factor structure of the instrument as well as a hierarchical structure in which the six factors were distributed into two higher-order factors (TIR: Task-Involving Roles and EIR: Ego-Involving Roles). The theoretical validity of the questionnaire was evidenced by positive correlations between 'learning' scales (PLC, PLP, PLA) and task orientation, and between 'comparison' scales (PCC, PCP, PCA) and ego orientation. The test-retest reliability was good over a three-week period and was moderate over a three-month period