The Psychometric Properties of The Turkish forms of Ben-Toven Walker Body Attitudes Questionnaire (BTWQ)

Abstract

Since body dissatisfaction significantly increasesrisk of eating disorders, a powerful measurement tool for predicting this structure is an empirical necessity. The purpose of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of Ben-Toven Walker Body Attitudes Questionnaire (BTWQ) for young women in Turkey. For this purpose, BTWQ, Eating Attitude Test, Self-Esteem Scale and Body Perception Scale were applied to 599 university students. Confirmatory and exploratory factor analysis were used to examine the construct validity of the scale; Cronbach Alpha internal consistency coefficient was calculated to examine the reliability values. Unlike the original factor structure of the scale, the data was better adapted to the four factor structure. The internal validity of the Turkish form was .93 for the whole scale. Cronbach's alpha coefficients of the sub-dimensions were as follows: .94 for Fatness, .78 for Humiliation, .68 for Attractiveness, .72 for Strong and Fit. Test-retest reliability was .95 after four weeks. The findings of the study have showed that the validity and reliability scores of the Turkish version of BAQ are within the acceptable
Limits for young females.

Keywords

• body attitude,Turkish women,validity,reliability

Ben-Tovim Walker Beden Tutum Ölçeği (BTWÖ)’nin Türkçe Formunun Psikometrik Özelliklerinin İncelenmesi

Abstract

Beden memnuniyetsizliğinin yeme bozukluğu gelişme riskini önemli oranda arttırması, bu yapıyı yordayacak güçlü ölçüm araçlarına ihtiyaç doğurmaktadır. Bu çalışmanın amacı da Ben-Tovim Walker Beden Tutum Ölçeği (Ben-Tovim Walker Body Attitudes Questionnaire)’nin Türkiye’deki genç kadın örneklemindeki psikometrik özelliklerinin incelenmesidir. Bu doğrultuda BTWÖ, Yeme Tutum Testi (YTT), Benlik Saygısı Ölçeği (BSÖ) ve Vücut Algısı Ölçeği (VAÖ) 599 üniversite öğrencisi kadına uygulanmıştır. Ölçeğin yapı geçerliğini incelemek için doğrulayıcı ve açımlayıcı faktör analizi; güvenirlik değerlerinin incelenebilmesi için de Cronbach Alfa iç tutarlık katsayısı hesaplanmıştır. Orijinal ölçekten farklı olarak veri dört faktörlü yapıya daha iyi uyum sağlamıştır. Türkçe formun Cronbach Alfa değeri, ölçeğin tamamı için .93 olarak bulunmuştur. Ölçeğin alt boyutlarının Cronbach Alfa kat sayıları ise şu şekildedir: Şişmanlık .94, Aşağılama .78, Çekicilik .68, Güçlü ve Fit olma .72’dir. Dört hafta sonra yapılan test-tekrar test güvenirliği ise pozitif yönde .95’dir. Araştırma bulguları genç kadın örnekleminde BTWÖ Türkçe formunun geçerlik ve güvenirlik ölçütlerinin kabul edilebilir sınırlarda olduğunu göstermektedir.

Keywords

• beden tutumu,Türk kadınlar,geçerlik,güvenirlik

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