Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire-4: Psychometric properties among a French clinical eating disorder sample and normative comparisons

Although the Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire-4 (SATAQ-4) has been shown to be a reliable and valid tool for assessing appearance pressures ideal internalization among French college students, date its psychometric properties clinical populations have not examined. The aim of this study was evaluate factor structure, reliability, validity SATAQ-4 female eating disorder sample, compare mean scores from sample previously published means observed women. current included 192 women consecutively recruited an outpatient disorders unit in France. Participants completed SATAQ-4, as well validated measures body image pathology. Confirmatory analysis revealed that original 22-item five-factor solution provided less than adequate fit data. In contrast, reduced 20-item identified students good subscales generally exhibited moderate positive associations with convergent disturbance, consistent expectations. Differences subscale across diagnostic groups were observed. addition, group reported higher on Internalization: Thin/Low Body Fat Muscular/Athletic compared non-clinical sample. Findings support valuable sociocultural influences concerns disorders.