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Validation of the Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire-3 among a random sample of Jordanian women |
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| Authors: | Madanat Hala N Hawks Steven R Brown Ralph B |
| Affiliation: | aDepartment of Community, School of Science and Health, Utah Valley State College, Orem, UT, USA bDepartment of Health Science, College of Health and Human Performance, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA cDepartment of Sociology, College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA |
| Abstract: | Measuring the impact of westernization on body image is an important element in understanding body dissatisfaction and eating disorders in countries undergoing cultural transitions. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the validity and reliability of the Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire-3, a measure of societal and media impacts on body image, in a non-western population. Factor analyses identified the same four subscales found in the original validation with high Cronbach's alpha coefficients and Guttman split-half coefficients, and low item cross-loadings. Furthermore, mean score comparisons by demographic variables on each subscale indicated that subscale scores were only affected by age. The results suggest that the Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire-3 is a valid and reliable instrument for Jordanian women. The high level of validity and reliability for this population lends support for the possible use of this scale in other non-western populations after appropriate pretesting. |
| Keywords: | Societal influences Middle East Body image |
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