This study aimed to develop and validate the appearance appreciation scale for college students. This study conducted research through the following procedures.
In research 1 for developing the scale, the body appreciation scale was translated. In ...
This study aimed to develop and validate the appearance appreciation scale for college students. This study conducted research through the following procedures.
In research 1 for developing the scale, the body appreciation scale was translated. In addition to the translated version, items and a subscale were added based on the review of theoretical literature. The 64 items of preliminary scale were given to 418 college students. After item analyses, item-total correlation analyses and exploratory factor analyses, 29 items remained to constitute the final scale. As a results of exploratory factor analyses, 3 factors were yielded; internal appreciation of appearance, appearance appreciation at a social situation and appearance appreciation behaviors. The appearance appreciation scale had reasonable reliability, correlations between the subscale and construct validity.
In research 2, this study verified the reliability and validity of the final scale among 406 college students. The confirmatory factor analysis result provided a good fit to the data. The results for reliability, correlations between the subscale and construct validity confirmed the reliability and validity of the appearance appreciation scale.
This study developed and validated the appearance appreciation scale for college students which consisted of three factors and twenty-nine items. The appearance appreciation scale developed in this study suggest implications in that it measured not the overall, but the specific features of body image multi-dimensionally. Moreover, it considered the social cultural influence on the appearance appreciation and added the social factor, the appearance appreciation at a social situation. However, the appearance appreciation scale developed in this study was for college students, so the validation of the appearance appreciation scale for other targets would be needed for further study.