A Dutch translation and validation of the Body Appreciation Scale 2: An investigation with female university students in the Netherlands.
This paper describes a Dutch translation and validation of the Body Appreciation Scale 2 (BAS 2; Tylka Wood Barcalow, 2015a) an instrument for assessing key components of positive body image. Dutch speaking female university students (N=310, Mage=21.31, SD=3.04) completed the Dutch BAS 2. To assess its construct validity, participants also completed measures of appearance satisfaction, functionality satisfaction, self objectification, self esteem, and optimistic life orientation. Exploratory factor analysis revealed a one dimensional factor structure of the Dutch BAS 2, substantiating the BAS 2 factor structure found in samples of U.S. Chinese, and Iranian university students and community adults. Dutch BAS 2 scores also demonstrated good internal consistency (a=.90) convergent validity, and incremental validity. In addition, lower body mass indices were associated with higher Dutch BAS 2 scores. The present findings support the cross cultural equivalence of the BAS 2 and thus its promise in enabling research on positive body image in diverse cultural contexts.
Body image