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Journal of Personality Assessment Volume 96, 2014 - Issue 4
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Validity and Reliability of the French Versions of the Body Shape Questionnaire

Vanessa Lentillon-KaestnerTeaching and Research Unit in Physical Education and Sports (UER-EPS), University of Teacher Education, State of Vaud (HEP-VD), Lausanne, SwitzerlandCorrespondence[email protected]
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André BerchtoldInstitute of Social Sciences, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
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Amélie RousseauInstitute of Psychology, University Charles de Gaulle of Lille Nord, France
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Claude FerrandLaboratory of Psychology, University François Rabelais of Tours, France
Pages 471-477 | Received 17 Oct 2011, Published online: 17 Oct 2013
 
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Abstract

The validity of the 34-item and shortened versions of the Body Shape Questionnaire (BSQ) has been evaluated in various languages. To date, only the validity of the 34-item French BSQ scale has been tested in a nonclinical sample. This study assessed the reliability and validity of the 34-item French BSQ and 7 shortened versions in clinical and nonclinical samples. The 34-item French BSQ was administered to 159 obese women with and without binge eating disorders and to 1,169 female undergraduate students. The results suggested that the BSQ–8B was the best French BSQ to use in nonclinical and clinical samples.

Acknowledgment

This research was supported in part by grants from the Federal Office of Public Health (OFSP) in Switzerland.

Notes

Drive for thinness, bulimia, body dissatisfaction, ineffectiveness, perfectionism, interpersonal distrust, interoceptive awareness, and maturity fears.

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