Validation of the Social Appearance Anxiety Scale: Factor, Convergent, and Divergent Validity

Autor/inn/en	Levinson, Cheri A.; Rodebaugh, Thomas L.
Titel	Validation of the Social Appearance Anxiety Scale: Factor, Convergent, and Divergent Validity
Quelle	In: Assessment, 18 (2011) 3, S.350-356 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1073-1911
DOI	10.1177/1073191111404808
Schlagwörter	Personality Traits; Ethnicity; Validity; Factor Structure; Interpersonal Relationship; Measures (Individuals); Psychometrics; Fear; Anxiety; Body Height; Body Weight; Body Composition; Self Esteem; Self Concept; Prediction; Interpersonal Attraction; Social Desirability + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Ethnizität; Gültigkeit; Faktorenstruktur; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Messdaten; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Furcht; Angst; Körpergröße; Körpergewicht; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Selbstkonzept; Vorhersage; Interpersonale Anziehung; Soziales Bedürfnis
Abstract	The Social Appearance Anxiety Scale (SAAS) was created to assess fear of overall appearance evaluation. Initial psychometric work indicated that the measure had a single-factor structure and exhibited excellent internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and convergent validity. In the current study, the authors further examined the factor, convergent, and divergent validity of the SAAS in two samples of undergraduates. In Study 1 (N = 323), the authors tested the factor structure, convergent, and divergent validity of the SAAS with measures of the Big Five personality traits, negative affect, fear of negative evaluation, and social interaction anxiety. In Study 2 (N = 118), participants completed a body evaluation that included measurements of height, weight, and body fat content. The SAAS exhibited excellent convergent and divergent validity with self-report measures (i.e., self-esteem, trait anxiety, ethnic identity, and sympathy), predicted state anxiety experienced during the body evaluation, and predicted body fat content. In both studies, results confirmed a single-factor structure as the best fit to the data. These results lend additional support for the use of the SAAS as a valid measure of social appearance anxiety. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10