Overview
The BESAA is a 23-item self-report measure of body esteem, which assesses the respondent's feelings about their appearance, satisfaction with their weight, and attributions of positive evaluations about their body and appearance to others. The measure has been translated and validated in Spanish, Chinese, Turkish, Italian and Portuguese.Scoring & Interpretation
Responses are given on a 5-point Likert scale from 0 (never) to 4 (always) - negative items are reverse-scored. Scores are added for items in each subscale, to give three subscale totals.Psychometric Properties
Internal Consistency
Cronbach's alpha was high for each subscale, with alpha = .81 to .94.
Test-Retest Reliability
Test-retest correlations after four months were high for each subscale, ranging from r = .83 to .92, all statistically significant to p < .001.
Factor Structure
Validity
Structural Validity - Factor analysis indicated a three-factor solution, made up of Appearance, Attribution and Weight.
Convergent Validity - The Appearance subscale correlated with a measure of global self-esteem, independently of the two other subscales.
Measurement Invariance
Not reported.