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Social Appearance Anxiety Scale: A psychometric investigation and evaluation of the influence of individual characteristics on social appearance anxiety in Brazilian adults who practice physical exercise
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fntroduction: Evaluating signs of anxiety related to body appearance is becoming
increasingly important in contemporary society and, in this sense, the Social
Appearance Anxiety Scale (SAAS) seems an interesting alternative of measurement.
Objectives: To evaluate the psychometric properties of the Portuguese version
of the SAAS when applied to Brazilian adults who practice physical exercise and
verify the influence of individual characteristics on participants’ social appearance
anxiety.
Methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted online. The participants
completed the SAAS and a demographic questionnaire. The psychometric
properties of the SAAS one-factor model were evaluated using confirmatory
factor analysis. A structural model was built for men and women to verify the
influence of individual characteristics of the participants on social appearance
anxiety.
Results: 1,495 individuals participated in the study (70.8% women; mean age = 29.5,
SD = 8.9 years). The data obtained with the SAAS presented good indicators of
validity and reliability for both genders (CFI > 0.97, TLI > 0.97, SRMR = 0.04, α > 0.97,
ω > 0.85). For both men and women, greater levels of social appearance anxiety
were observed among younger participants, who had a higher body mass index,
self-reported an eating disorder, and perceived a change in their body after the
onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. For women specifically, higher income and
having started physical exercise more recently were associated with greater levels
of social appearance anxiety.
Conclusion: The findings supported the validity and reliability of the data obtained
with the SAAS and revealed that when investigating social appearance anxiety in uture research and clinical protocols, specific individual characteristics should
be considered.
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Keywords
Anxiety Physical appearance Validation study Population characteristics Structural equation modeling
Citation
Conceição, M., Moura, J., & Costa, P. A. (2023). “I feel like I’m living the authenticity of my being”: gender identity developmental trajectories of trans youth in Portugal. International Journal of Transgender Health, 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1080/26895269.2023.2299022
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Frontiers Media S.A.