| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 902655 | Body Image | 2016 | 9 Pages |
•The French SATAQ-4 is useful for assessing the internalization of appearance ideals.•Among women the original 5-factor structure was replicated.•Among men social pressure for thinness versus muscularity formed different factors.•Reliability and convergent validity with body image and eating concerns were good.
This study evaluated the psychometric properties of the Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire-4 (SATAQ-4), a measure of internalization of societal appearance ideals, in French men and women. French college students completed a translation of the 22-item SATAQ-4 and measures of body image and eating concerns. Exploratory analyses among women (N = 207) indicated a 20-item scale with the original five factors: Internalization: Thin/Low Body Fat, Internalization: Muscular/Athletic, Pressures: Family, Pressures: Media, Pressures: Peers. This structure was confirmed among a second sample of women (N = 227). The SATAQ-4 scores revealed excellent reliability and convergent validity with body image and eating concern scores. A slightly modified factor structure emerged in men, with excellent reliability. Among men, the SATAQ-4 subscales were consistently associated with eating, and shape and weight concerns, although less consistently with general measures of body image. The French SATAQ-4 is a useful measure of internalization of appearance ideals.
