Psychometric properties of an Arabic translation of the body appreciation scale (BAS-2) and its short forms (BAS-2SF) in a community sample of Lebanese adults

Journal of Eating Disorders

Research

Diana Malaeb¹  Abir Sarray El Dine²  Sahar Obeid³  Vanessa Azzi⁴  Souheil Hallit⁵  Feten Fekih-Romdhane⁶ 

[1] College of Pharmacy, Gulf Medical University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates;Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences, Lebanese International University, Beirut, Lebanon;School of Arts and Sciences, Social and Education Sciences Department, Lebanese American University, Jbeil, Lebanon;School of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, P.O. Box 446, Jounieh, Lebanon;School of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, P.O. Box 446, Jounieh, Lebanon;Psychology Department, College of Humanities, Effat University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia;Applied Science Research Center, Applied Science Private University, Amman, Jordan;Research Department, Psychiatric Hospital of the Cross, Jal Eddib, Lebanon;The Tunisian Center of Early Intervention in Psychosis, Department of Psychiatry “Ibn Omrane”, Razi Hospital, 2010, Manouba, Tunisia;Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, Tunis El Manar University, Tunis, Tunisia;

关键词: BAS-2;    BAS-2SF;    Body appreciation;    Psychometric properties;    Arabic;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s40337-023-00885-x

 received in 2023-05-04, accepted in 2023-09-09,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

ObjectivesThe present study sought to examine the factor structure, reliability, validity and gender invariance of the Arabic Body Appreciation Scale (BAS-2), and its two short forms (the 3-item and 2-item BAS-2SF) among community Lebanese Arabic-speaking adults.MethodsWe carried-out an online cross-sectional survey. The 10-item BAS-2, the functionality appreciation scale and the Eating Attitudes Test-26 were completed by 826 Lebanese community adults (57.9% females, aged 25.42 ± 8.44 years).ResultsThe Arabic 10-item, 3-item and 2-item BAS-2 converged on a one-factor solution, and demonstrated high internal consistency (McDonald’s ω value of .92, .88, and .86 respectively). All indices suggested that configural, metric, and scalar invariance was supported across gender. The 3-item and 2-item BAS-2SF were highly correlated with the original BAS-2 (r > 0.9). Higher 10-item, 3-item and 2-item BAS-2 scores correlated significantly and strongly with more positive eating attitudes and greater functionality appreciation, and higher 10-item BAS-2 scores correlated positively and weakly with BMI, supporting convergent validity.ConclusionThe present work contributes to the literature by providing a psychometrically sound Arabic-translation of the BAS-2 and short-forms, benefitting both researchers and clinicians.

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