A gender-based measurement invariance study of the Sociocultural Attitudes Toward Appearance Questionnaire-3

Body Image

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 168-172

  Wheeler, Denna L ^a   Vassar, Matt ^a   Hale, William D ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b PRAIRIE VIEW A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CFA; Gender based measurement invariance; SATAQ 3

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BODY IMAGE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; BODY IMAGE; CULTURE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953058605     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2010.12.004     Document Type: Article

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