Development of body modification and excessive exercise scales for adolescents
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01/01/2002
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Resumo |
The present study was designed to develop a Body Modification Scale (BMS) to measure body change among adolescents and to modify an Excessive Exercise Scale (EES) into a shorter form for adolescents. Two hundred and twenty-one girls and 192 boys from Grades 7 to 10 completed the BMS and the EES. Factor analysis revealed three identical factors for the BMS for girls and boys: weight loss, weight gain, and muscle mass. Two identical factors for girls and boys were also revealed for the EES. Both factor structures were further validated on a separate sample of 286 adolescents (140 girls, 146 boys). The BMS and EES demon-strated excellent reliability (alpha > .86) and high test-retest reliability (alpha > .82) over 1 month. Good concurrent validity was also found for the weight loss factor of the BMS. These findings demonstrate the utility of these two scales for use with adolescents. |
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Idioma(s) |
eng |
Publicador |
Sage Publishing |
Relação |
http://dro.deakin.edu.au/eserv/DU:30001654/n20020734.pdf http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10791102009002003 |
Direitos |
2002, Sage Publishing |
Palavras-Chave | #excessive exercise #muscles #weight loss #adolescents |
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Journal Article |