Original Article

대한불안의학회지 (19권1호 1-9)

Validation of Korean Version of the Social Appearance Anxiety Scale

한국판 사회적 외모불안 척도(Korean Version of the Social Appearance Anxiety Scale, K-SAAS) 타당화

Minji Lee, MA1, Mirihae Kim, PhD2, and Jung-Ho Kim, PhD2

1 Department of Psychiatry, Jeju National University Hospital, Jeju, 2 Department of Psychology, Duksung Women’s University, Seoul, Korea

Abstract

Objectives : To translate and adapt the Social Appearance Anxiety Scale into Korean and validate the Ko- rean version of the social appearance anxiety scale, which measures the fear and anxiety about being nega- tively evaluated by others based on one’s overall appearance, including body shape.

Methods : For item translation and adaptation, six bilingual translators participated in the process of for- ward-adaptation and back-adaptation. Data were collected from undergraduate students. The sample size is 105 for Study 1 and 212 for Study 2. Classical item discrimination and difficulty analyses, exploratory fac- tor analysis (E FA), confirmatory factor analysis (C FA), and reliability analysis were performed.

Results : A unidimensional structure was found with a high internal consistency (Cronbach’s α=0.95) and a high test-retest reliability (r=0.918). In addition, the concurrent validity was examined by correlations of the scale and several other scales measuring constructs related to social appearance anxiety.

Conclusions : K-SAAS appears to be a reliable and valid scale for screening and assessing social appear- ance anxiety. (Anxiety and Mood 2023;19(1):1-9)

Keywords

Appearance; Social appearance anxiety; Social anxiety; Body shape; Body image; Scale development.

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