Psychometric properties and validation of the Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire-4 (SATAQ-4) with a sample of Japanese adolescent girls
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The Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire-4 (SATAQ-4) is a 22-item five-factor measure that assesses thin- and muscular-ideal internalization as well as appearance-related pressures from peers, family, and media. The scale has been validated in Western cultures, but has not yet been examined in Eastern samples. Two studies were conducted to examine the psychometric properties of the SATAQ-4 among 946 Japanese adolescent girls. In Study 1, exploratory factor analysis of the SATAQ-4 indicated that the five-factor structure was largely replicated with the exception of two cross-loading items. In Study 2, confirmatory factor analysis indicated good fit for the full 22-item and reduced 20-item versions of the measure. SATAQ-4 subscales exhibited good internal consistency and were correlated in the expected direction with experiences of appearance teasing, strategies to lose and/or gain weight, and drive for muscularity. Overall, results support the reliability and validity of the SATAQ-4 among Japanese adolescent girls.
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The SATAQ-4 demonstrates good reliability and validity for use with adolescent girls.
“Sources of appearance pressure were measured using the Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire -4 (SATAQ-4; Schaefer et al., 2015), a measure of appearance pressures that demonstrates good reliability and validity for use with adolescent girls (Yamamiya et al., 2016).”
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- Authors
- Yamamiya, Y., Shimai, S., Schaefer, L. M., Thompson, J. K., Shroff, H., Sharma, R., & Ordaz, D. L.
- Affiliations
- Temple University, Japan (JP)
- Kansai University of Welfare Sciences (JP)
- University of South Florida (US)
- Tata Institute of Social Sciences (IN)
- Corresponding author
- Yamamiya, Y.
- Venue
- Body Image
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2016-12
- Volume
- 19
- Pages
- 89-97
- ISSN
- 1740-1445 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2519806400
- Cited by
- 37
- References
- 6
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 2
- FWCI
- 3.13
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Body Image (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
- Keywords
- thin-ideal internalization, drive for muscularity, weight control strategies, cross-cultural validation, psychometric properties
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Attitude, Body Image, Female, Humans, Japan, Psychometrics, Surveys and Questionnaires, Reproducibility of Results
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