Psychometric properties and validation of the Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire-4 (SATAQ-4) with a sample of Japanese adolescent girls

• Published in: Body image Vol. 19; pp. 89 - 97
• Main Authors: Yamamiya, Y., Shimai, S., Schaefer, L.M., Thompson, J.K., Shroff, H., Sharma, R., Ordaz, D.L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2016
• Subjects: Adolescent; Attitude; Body Image - psychology; Convergent validity; Exploratory factor analysis; Female; Humans; Japan - ethnology; Japanese adolescent girl; Psychometrics - instrumentation; Reliability; Reproducibility of Results; Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire-4 (SATAQ-4); Surveys and Questionnaires - standards; Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire-4 (SATAQ-4); Exploratory factor analysis; Reliability; Convergent validity; Japanese adolescent girl

•SATAQ-4 assesses appearance-related internalization and sociocultural pressures.•The psychometric properties of SATAQ-4 are examined among Japanese young girls.•The original five-factor structure of SATAQ-4 is largely supported.•SATAQ-4 subscales exhibit good reliability and convergent validity. Th...