Score reliability and factor similarity of the Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire-3 (SATAQ-3) among four ethnic groups

Journal of Eating Disorders

Liya M Rakhkovskaya¹  David H Gleaves²  Cortney S Warren¹ 

[1] Department of Psychology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. 4505 Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154, USA;University of South Australia, Fenn Pl, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia

关键词: Psychometric equivalence;    Ethnicity;    Thin-ideal internalization;    Media pressure;    Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire (SATAQ-3);   

Others  :  802800
DOI  :  10.1186/2050-2974-1-14

 received in 2012-11-09, accepted in 2013-02-05,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

Background

This study evaluated the score reliability and equivalence of factor structure of the Sociocultural Attitudes towards Appearance Questionnaire-3 (SATAQ-3) [1] in a sample of female college students from the four largest ethnic groups in the USA.

Methods

Participants were 1245 women who self-identified as European American/White (n = 543), African American/Black (n = 137), Asian American (n = 317), or Latina/Hispanic (n = 248). All completed the SATAQ-3 and a demographic questionnaire. To test the factor similarity and score reliability across groups, we used exploratory factor analysis and calculated Cronbach’s alphas (respectively).

Results

Score reliability was high for all groups. Tests of factor equivalence suggested that the four pre-established factors of the SATAQ-3 (i.e., knowledge, perceived pressure, thin-ideal internalization, athletic-ideal internalization) were similar for women of all ethnic groups. Only two items (20 and 27) did not consistently load on the previously identified scale across all four groups. When scored, African Americans reported significantly less perceived pressure and internalization than all other groups.

Conclusions

Results support the use of the SATAQ-3 in female college students of these four ethnicities.

【 授权许可】

   
2013 Warren et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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