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