The Functionality Appreciation Scale (FAS) Development andpsychometric evaluation in U.S. community women and men

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Body functionality has been identified as an important dimension of body image that has the potential to be useful in the prevention and treatment of negative body image and in the enhancement of positive body image. Specifically, cultivating appreciation of body functionality may offset appearance concerns. However, a scale assessing this construct has yet to be developed. Therefore, we developed the Functionality Appreciation Scale (FAS) and examined its psychometric properties among three online community samples totaling 1042 women and men (ns = 490 and 552, respectively). Exploratory factor analyses revealed a unidimensional structure with seven items. Confirmatory factor analysis upheld its unidimensionality and invariance across gender. The internal consistency, test-retest reliability, criterion-related, and construct (convergent, discriminant, incremental) validity of its scores were upheld. The FAS is a psychometrically sound measure that is unique from existing positive body image measures. Scholars will find the FAS applicable within research and clinical settings.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.34894/JXFPEI
Related Identifier https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2017.07.008
Metadata Access https://dataverse.nl/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=doi:10.34894/JXFPEI
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Creator Alleva, Jessica M. ORCID logo; Tylka, Tracy L. ORCID logo; Kroon Van Diest, Ashley M. ORCID logo
Publisher DataverseNL
Contributor Alleva, Jessica M.; faculty data manager FPN
Publication Year 2018
Rights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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Contact Alleva, Jessica M. (Maastricht University); faculty data manager FPN (Maastricht University)
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Resource Type survey data; Dataset
Format application/x-spss-sav
Size 1234898; 140850; 1872184; 1141831
Version 1.0
Discipline Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Aquaculture; Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Aquaculture and Veterinary Medicine; Life Sciences; Social Sciences; Social and Behavioural Sciences; Soil Sciences