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

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dc.contributor.authorSwami, Viren
dc.contributor.authorTran, Ulrich S.
dc.contributor.authorStieger, Stefan
dc.contributor.authorAavik, Toivo
dc.contributor.authorRanjbar, Hamed Abdollahpour
dc.contributor.authorAdebayo, Sulaiman Olanrewaju
dc.contributor.authorAfhami, Reza
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-13T20:17:54Z
dc.date.available2024-06-13T20:17:54Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.departmentFakülteler, Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi, Hemşirelik Bölümü
dc.description.abstractThe 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.
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.bodyim.2023.07.010
dc.identifier.endpage466
dc.identifier.issn1740-1445
dc.identifier.issn1873-6807
dc.identifier.pmid37582318
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85170109975
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.startpage449
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2023.07.010
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11501/1141
dc.identifier.volume46
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001085067100001
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.institutionauthorBeydağ, Kerime Derya
dc.institutionauthorid0000-0002-7251-4882
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relation.ispartofBody Image
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectBody Appreciation
dc.subjectBody Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2)
dc.subjectMeasurement Invariance
dc.subjectCross-Cultural
dc.subjectMulti-Group Confirmatory Factor Analysis (MG-CFA)
dc.subjectPsychometrics
dc.subjectStructural Analysis
dc.titleBody appreciation around the world: measurement invariance of the Body Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2) across 65 nations, 40 languages, gender identities, and age
dc.typeArticle

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