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Development and validation of two new scales for assessment of body-image
R M Gardner1, K Stark, N A Jackson
1Department of Psychology, University of Colorado at Denver 80217-3364, USA. rgardner@carbon.cudenver.edu
Perceptual and Motor Skills
|February 9, 2000
Abstract:
This study reports the development and validation of two new and improved tools for assessment of body-image. Two schematic contour scales were created using a frontal view photograph of an adult male and female with height and weight of the median American. A 2-figure analogue scale was created by distorting this drawing by +/- 30%. A 13-card scale was created by generating 13 drawings distorted between +/- 30% by increments of 5%. Evidence is presented for the reliability and validity of both scales. The advantages of these new scales over existing figural and silhouette scales are discussed.