Development and Validation of the Physical Appearance Related Teasing Scale
- 1 June 1991
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Personality Assessment
- Vol. 56 (3) , 513-521
- https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327752jpa5603_12
Abstract
The development and preliminary validation of the Physical Appearance Related Testing Scale (PARTS) is reported. The 18-item scale has good psychometric qualities (high internal consistency and test-retest retiabilities) and consists of two factors: Weight/Size Testing (W/ST) and General Appearance Teasing (GAT). The W/ST converges well with measures of eating disturbance, body image dissatisfaction, social comparison, depression, and self-esteem, whereas the GAT scale shows little relationship to these variables. The role of teasing history as an etiological component of body image and eating disturbance is discussed; the need for further validation work on the PARTS is addressed.Keywords
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