Development and psychometric evaluation of a quantitative measure of "fat talk"

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作者
Clarke, Paige MacDonald [1 ]
Murnen, Sarah K. [1 ]
Smolak, Linda [1 ]
机构
[1] Kenyon Coll, Gambier, OH 43022 USA
关键词
Fat talk; Body dissatisfaction; Eating disorders; FEMINIST IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT; BODY-IMAGE; OBJECTIFICATION THEORY; EATING-DISORDERS; WOMEN; SCALE; DEPRESSION; FEMALES; MEDIA; THIN;
D O I
10.1016/j.bodyim.2009.09.006
中图分类号
B849 [应用心理学];
学科分类号
040203 ;
摘要
Based on her anthropological research, Nichter (2000) Concluded that it is normative for many American girls to engage in body self-disparagement in the form of "fat talk." The Purpose of the present two studies was to develop a quantitative measure of fat talk. A series of 17 scenarios were created in which "Naomi" is talking with a female friend(s) and there is an expression of fat talk. College women respondents rated the frequency with which they would behave in a similar way as the women in each scenario. A nine-item one-factor scale was determined through principal components analysis and its scores yielded evidence of internal consistency reliability, test-retest reliability over a five-week time period, construct validity, discriminant validity, and incremental validity in that it predicted unique variance in body shame and eating disorder symptoms above and beyond other measures of self-objectification. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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