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  • Adolescent Health
  • Psychometrics
  • Behavioral Science

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  • Developing instruments to understand adolescent body image is crucial.
  • Existing models guide the measurement of attitudes, intentions, and actions related to body change.
  • The integrated behavior model informed the creation of the ATTAIN instrument.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and test the initial psychometric properties of the ATTitudes and Avatars INstrument (ATTAIN).
  • To measure young adolescent boys' attitudes, intentions, and actions regarding body change.
  • To assess the validity and reliability of a new instrument for adolescent body image research.

Main Methods:

  • Content validity was assessed by an adolescent health expert panel and young adolescent boys.
  • A pilot study involving 59 boys (ages 11-14) was conducted in a US middle school.
  • Internal consistency and test-retest reliability were tested during physical education classes.

Main Results:

  • The ATTAIN instrument demonstrated high content validity.
  • Internal consistency levels were slightly below recommended benchmarks.
  • Test-retest reliability results were varied, indicating a need for further investigation.

Conclusions:

  • The ATTAIN instrument shows preliminary potential for screening young adolescent boys' body perceptions.
  • The survey items and avatars within ATTAIN were meaningful to the participating boys.
  • Continued development and testing are necessary to establish construct and discriminant validity for ATTAIN.