Abstract
The aim of the present study is to test the validity and reliability of the French Body Image State Scale (F-BISS). The scale was translated using a back-translation technique, with discrepancies being settled through consensus. Three hundred and twelve female participants were recruited. Convergent validity was assessed using eating disorder evaluation and social comparison. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were also conducted. The translated Body Image State Scale (BISS) demonstrated good psychometric properties, with good internal consistency (α = 0.83), and adequate goodness-of-fit. The translated BISS presented a unifactorial structure, with one factor explaining 56% of the variance. The exploratory factor analysis led to the removal of a single item due to insufficient factor loading (<0.45). Its convergent validity seems consistent with previous literature. Discriminant analyses showed a significant difference in F-BISS score between participants relative to eating disorder symptomatology (t = 11.65; p < 0.001). This translation could prove useful in both research and clinical settings to assess state body satisfaction in French populations.
Highlights
A growing body of research warns of the public health issue represented by body dissatisfaction, or negative body assessment (Bucchianeri and Neumark-Sztainer, 2014; Griffiths et al, 2017; Bornioli et al, 2019)
The results yielded showed the French version of the Body Image State Scale (BISS) (F-BISS) to have good psychometric qualities
This is consistent with eating disorder literature, as a lower French Body Image State Scale (F-BISS) score indicated lower body satisfaction, and greater dissatisfaction, a risk factor in eating disorder development (Stice et al, 2011)
Summary
A growing body of research warns of the public health issue represented by body dissatisfaction, or negative body assessment (Bucchianeri and Neumark-Sztainer, 2014; Griffiths et al, 2017; Bornioli et al, 2019). Developing reliable measurement tools or validating existing ones in multiple languages in this context allows researchers to better understand the onset of eating disorder development. Body dissatisfaction is a risk factor for eating disorders (Stice, 2002; Stice et al, 2011). Women are pressured to achieve a thin body-ideal and western sociocultural influences have been proven to be a risk factor for general population body dissatisfaction (Holmqvist and Frisén, 2010). We will focus on the validation of a positive body assessment, or body satisfaction, state scale: the Body Image State Scale (BISS) (Cash et al, 2002)
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