Monday, January 5, 2015

Body Appearance Scale reference



Development and validation of the Body and Appearance Self-Conscious Emotions Scale(BASES)
Andrée L.Castonguaya,b, CatherineM.Sabistonc,, PeterR.E.Crockerd, DianeE.Macke
Body Image 11 (2014) 126–136
A b s t r a c t
The purposeofthesestudieswastodevelopapsychometricallysoundmeasureofshame, guilt, authentic pride, andhubristicprideforuseinbodyandappearancecontexts.InStudy1,41 potential items were developed andassessedforitemqualityandcomprehension.InStudy2,apanelofexperts(N=8;M= 11, SD = 6.5yearsofexperience)reviewedthescaleanditemsforevidenceofcontentvalidity.Participantsin Study 3(n = 135males, n = 300females)completed the BASES and various body image, personality, and emotion scales. A separate sample (n = 155; 35.5%male) in Study3 completed the BASES twice using a two-week timeinterval.TheBASESsubscalescoresdemonstratedevidenceforinternalconsistency,item- total correlations,concurrent,convergent,incremental,anddiscriminantvalidity,and2-weektest–retest reliability. The4-factorsolutionwasagoodfitinconfirmatoryfactoranalysis, reflecting body-related shame, guilt, authentic and hubristic pride subscales of the BASES. The development and validation of the BASES may help advance body image and self-conscious emotion research by providing a foundation to examinetheuniqueantecedentsandoutcomesofthesespecificemotionalexperiences.



Shame
Bad about myself when I think about my appearance
Ashamed of the way I look
 Inadequate when Ithinkaboutmyappearance
 Ashamed of myappearance
 Inadequate about mylooks
Ashamed that I amapersonwhoisunattractive
Guilt
Guilty that Idonotdoenoughformyappearance
 Guilty thatIdonotdoenoughtoimprovethewayIlook
 Guilty thatIlookthewayIdo
 Guilty whenIseethewayIlookinthemirror
 Regret thatIdonotworkonimprovingmyappearance
 Regret thatIdonotputeffortintomyappearance
Authentic pride
Proud thatImaintainmydesiredappearance
 Proud oftheeffortIplaceonmaintainingmyappearance
Proud ofmyappearanceaccomplishments
 Proud aboutmyefforttoimprovethewayIlook
Proud thatIhaveachievedmyappearancegoals
 Proud ofmyappearanceefforts
 Hubristic pride
Proud thatIammoreattractivethanothers
 Proud ofmygreatlooks
 Proud thatIamagreatlookingperson
Proud ofmysuperiorappearance
 Proud thatIamanattractiveperson
 Proud ofmyselfwhenIcomparemyappearancetoothers
 

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