Translation and validation of a Chinese version of the body talk scale for women and men
Abstract Body talk has received increasing research attention in recent years, with accumulating evidence supporting the link between body talk and eating and body image disturbances. However, research on body talk in China is still relatively scarce and generally focused on fat talk, especially in...
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| author | Jinbo He Yining Lu Wesley R. Barnhart Chanyuan Tang Hengyue Zhang Yiqing Zhao Linda Lin |
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| description | Abstract Body talk has received increasing research attention in recent years, with accumulating evidence supporting the link between body talk and eating and body image disturbances. However, research on body talk in China is still relatively scarce and generally focused on fat talk, especially in women, and much remains unknown about muscle talk and positive body talk for both Chinese women and men. To promote a better understanding of body talk in the Chinese context, the present study adapted the Body Talk Scale (BTS) into Chinese Mandarin (i.e., C-BTS) and evaluated the factor structure and psychometric properties of the C-BTS in Chinese adult women and men. The English version of the BTS was translated into Chinese Mandarin with standard procedures. With 300 Chinese women (M age = 29.48 years, SD = 7.26) and 300 men (M age = 29.36 years, SD = 6.81), we examined the factor structure and gender invariance of the C-BTS, as well as internal consistency reliability, test–retest reliability, and construct validity, including convergent, concurrent, and incremental validity of the C-BTS. The results indicated that, consistent with the development study of the BTS, the C-BTS had three subscales (i.e., Negative Fat Talk, Negative Muscle Talk, and Positive Body Talk) and good reliability and validity. The findings demonstrate that the C-BTS can be a useful measure of body talk in both Chinese women and men. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-46ad9b0bcaf34e66983ae1258af772942023-11-19T12:07:36ZengBMCJournal of Eating Disorders2050-29742023-09-0111111510.1186/s40337-023-00884-yTranslation and validation of a Chinese version of the body talk scale for women and menJinbo He0Yining Lu1Wesley R. Barnhart2Chanyuan Tang3Hengyue Zhang4Yiqing Zhao5Linda Lin6School of Humanities and Social Science, The Chinese University of Hong KongSchool of Humanities and Social Science, The Chinese University of Hong KongDepartment of Psychology, Bowling Green State UniversitySchool of Humanities and Social Science, The Chinese University of Hong KongDepartment of Psychology, University of MacauSchool of Humanities and Social Science, The Chinese University of Hong KongEmmanuel CollegeAbstract Body talk has received increasing research attention in recent years, with accumulating evidence supporting the link between body talk and eating and body image disturbances. However, research on body talk in China is still relatively scarce and generally focused on fat talk, especially in women, and much remains unknown about muscle talk and positive body talk for both Chinese women and men. To promote a better understanding of body talk in the Chinese context, the present study adapted the Body Talk Scale (BTS) into Chinese Mandarin (i.e., C-BTS) and evaluated the factor structure and psychometric properties of the C-BTS in Chinese adult women and men. The English version of the BTS was translated into Chinese Mandarin with standard procedures. With 300 Chinese women (M age = 29.48 years, SD = 7.26) and 300 men (M age = 29.36 years, SD = 6.81), we examined the factor structure and gender invariance of the C-BTS, as well as internal consistency reliability, test–retest reliability, and construct validity, including convergent, concurrent, and incremental validity of the C-BTS. The results indicated that, consistent with the development study of the BTS, the C-BTS had three subscales (i.e., Negative Fat Talk, Negative Muscle Talk, and Positive Body Talk) and good reliability and validity. The findings demonstrate that the C-BTS can be a useful measure of body talk in both Chinese women and men.https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-023-00884-yBody talkFat talkMuscle talkPositive body talkValidationChinese |
| spellingShingle | Jinbo He Yining Lu Wesley R. Barnhart Chanyuan Tang Hengyue Zhang Yiqing Zhao Linda Lin Translation and validation of a Chinese version of the body talk scale for women and men Journal of Eating Disorders Body talk Fat talk Muscle talk Positive body talk Validation Chinese |
| title | Translation and validation of a Chinese version of the body talk scale for women and men |
| title_full | Translation and validation of a Chinese version of the body talk scale for women and men |
| title_fullStr | Translation and validation of a Chinese version of the body talk scale for women and men |
| title_full_unstemmed | Translation and validation of a Chinese version of the body talk scale for women and men |
| title_short | Translation and validation of a Chinese version of the body talk scale for women and men |
| title_sort | translation and validation of a chinese version of the body talk scale for women and men |
| topic | Body talk Fat talk Muscle talk Positive body talk Validation Chinese |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-023-00884-y |
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