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Vanessa Lentillon-Kaestner1, André Berchtold, Amélie Rousseau
1a Teaching and Research Unit in Physical Education and Sports (UER-EPS) , University of Teacher Education , State of Vaud (HEP-VD), Lausanne , Switzerland.
Abstract:
The validity of the 34-item and shortened versions of the Body Shape Questionnaire (BSQ) has been evaluated in various languages. To date, only the validity of the 34-item French BSQ scale has been tested in a nonclinical sample. This study assessed the reliability and validity of the 34-item French BSQ and 7 shortened versions in clinical and nonclinical samples. The 34-item French BSQ was administered to 159 obese women with and without binge eating disorders and to 1,169 female undergraduate students. The results suggested that the BSQ-8B was the best French BSQ to use in nonclinical and clinical samples.
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