Development and preliminary validation of socio-cultural influences on body image scale for Malaysian female adolescents
The present study aimed to develop and validate comprehensive multi-dimensional sociocultural (parental, peers, media) influence on body image scale for Malaysian female adolescents. A total of 328 female adolescents from a secondary school in Kuantan district, Pahang, Malaysiacompleted a self-adm...
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| author | Chin, Y. S. M. T., Mohd Nasir Mohd Shariff, Zalilah Khor, Geok Lin |
| author_facet | Chin, Y. S. M. T., Mohd Nasir Mohd Shariff, Zalilah Khor, Geok Lin |
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| description | The present study aimed to develop and validate comprehensive multi-dimensional sociocultural
(parental, peers, media) influence on body image scale for Malaysian female adolescents.
A total of 328 female adolescents from a secondary school in Kuantan district, Pahang, Malaysiacompleted a self-administered questionnaire, which encompassed a multiple measure of
sociocultural influence, Body Dissatisfaction and Body Importance subscales of Body Image
Questionnaire (McCabe & Ricciardelli, 2001), and Body Change Inventory (Ricciardelli & McCabe,
2002). Through factor analysis, the three major components (parental, peers, media) of the
sociocultural influence scale were found to consist of multi-dimensional constructs. Particularly,
five dimensions were identified for the parental influence subscale: 1) parental teasing on weight,
2) parental encouragement on increasing muscle and weight, 3) parental social support, 4) parental
preoccupation with thinness and dieting behaviour, and 5) parental feedback on body change
behaviour; the peer influence subscale comprised four dimensions including 1) peer social support,
2) peer preoccupation with thinness and dieting behaviour, 3) peer teasing on weight, and 4) peer
encouragement on increasing muscle and weight; and three dimensions were identified in the
media influence subscale, which included 1) media encouragement on reducing weight, 2) media
modeling on weight reducing behaviour, and 3) media encouragement on increasing muscle and
weight. As for construct validity, there were positive correlations between the composite score of
the subscales and body dissatisfaction, body importance, strategies to decrease body size and
strategies to increase body size and muscle size. In short, the present study has developed a sociocultural
(parental, peer, media) influences on body image scale with construct validity and good
internal consistency for Malaysian female adolescents. The scale can be used to assess the various
dimensions of socio-cultural influences and will be useful to determine the etiology, prevention
and treatment of negative body image and its related problems for Malaysian female adolescents.
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| spelling | upm.eprints-67472015-11-23T07:08:45Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/6747/ Development and preliminary validation of socio-cultural influences on body image scale for Malaysian female adolescents Chin, Y. S. M. T., Mohd Nasir Mohd Shariff, Zalilah Khor, Geok Lin The present study aimed to develop and validate comprehensive multi-dimensional sociocultural (parental, peers, media) influence on body image scale for Malaysian female adolescents. A total of 328 female adolescents from a secondary school in Kuantan district, Pahang, Malaysiacompleted a self-administered questionnaire, which encompassed a multiple measure of sociocultural influence, Body Dissatisfaction and Body Importance subscales of Body Image Questionnaire (McCabe & Ricciardelli, 2001), and Body Change Inventory (Ricciardelli & McCabe, 2002). Through factor analysis, the three major components (parental, peers, media) of the sociocultural influence scale were found to consist of multi-dimensional constructs. Particularly, five dimensions were identified for the parental influence subscale: 1) parental teasing on weight, 2) parental encouragement on increasing muscle and weight, 3) parental social support, 4) parental preoccupation with thinness and dieting behaviour, and 5) parental feedback on body change behaviour; the peer influence subscale comprised four dimensions including 1) peer social support, 2) peer preoccupation with thinness and dieting behaviour, 3) peer teasing on weight, and 4) peer encouragement on increasing muscle and weight; and three dimensions were identified in the media influence subscale, which included 1) media encouragement on reducing weight, 2) media modeling on weight reducing behaviour, and 3) media encouragement on increasing muscle and weight. As for construct validity, there were positive correlations between the composite score of the subscales and body dissatisfaction, body importance, strategies to decrease body size and strategies to increase body size and muscle size. In short, the present study has developed a sociocultural (parental, peer, media) influences on body image scale with construct validity and good internal consistency for Malaysian female adolescents. The scale can be used to assess the various dimensions of socio-cultural influences and will be useful to determine the etiology, prevention and treatment of negative body image and its related problems for Malaysian female adolescents. Nutrition Society of Malaysia 2008 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/6747/1/Development%20and%20preliminary%20validation%20of%20socio.pdf Chin, Y. S. and M. T., Mohd Nasir and Mohd Shariff, Zalilah and Khor, Geok Lin (2008) Development and preliminary validation of socio-cultural influences on body image scale for Malaysian female adolescents. Malaysian Journal of Nutrition, 14 (2). S20-S21. ISSN 1394-035X http://www.nutriweb.org.my/publications/mjn0014_2/supplement.pdf English |
| spellingShingle | Chin, Y. S. M. T., Mohd Nasir Mohd Shariff, Zalilah Khor, Geok Lin Development and preliminary validation of socio-cultural influences on body image scale for Malaysian female adolescents |
| title | Development and preliminary validation of socio-cultural influences on body image scale for Malaysian female adolescents |
| title_full | Development and preliminary validation of socio-cultural influences on body image scale for Malaysian female adolescents |
| title_fullStr | Development and preliminary validation of socio-cultural influences on body image scale for Malaysian female adolescents |
| title_full_unstemmed | Development and preliminary validation of socio-cultural influences on body image scale for Malaysian female adolescents |
| title_short | Development and preliminary validation of socio-cultural influences on body image scale for Malaysian female adolescents |
| title_sort | development and preliminary validation of socio cultural influences on body image scale for malaysian female adolescents |
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