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Body dissatisfaction. In order to measure body dissatisfaction (difference between actual and ideal figure) and internalization of the ideal thin figure (defined as the selection of a thin silhouette from a group of silhouettes of various body sizes), a set of 10 silhouettes assumed to be neutral to ethnicity, culture, and details (Figure 1) was used. A German work group (Jaeger, Massoubre & Lamprecht, 2000) originally developed these for a previous multi-cross-cultural study in a three-stages peer revision procedure. Four questions were asked in relation to the silhouette scales: “Please mark with a cross the silhouette that best represents the current shape of your body”; “What do you wish you looked like?”; “What is the most attractive silhouette in your opinion?”; “What do you find the most attractive silhouette in the opposite sex?” Participants were asked to mark with a cross the position representing their attitudes on a 0-10 decimal scale (Figure 1); positions between the two silhouettes were allowed and coded as real numbers. _tt= 0.82 (“actual”); R_tt= 0.77 (“ideal”); R_tt= 0.71 (“attractive”); and those of convergent validity as: R_cit= 0.73 (“actual” and BMI). The procedures followed by the authors, as well as the psychometric features, are described in detail elsewhere (Jaeger et al., 2002; Jaeger et al., 2000).

Losing weight restraint is actually mentioned of the Weight-loss Level of one’s Restaurants Perceptions Decide to try (EAT) (Gather, Olmsted, Bohr & Garfinkel, 1982), made up of 16 statements scored towards the an effective six-section level (never ever = 0/constantly = 5), having higher ratings showing a sophisticated from restrained eating. Read more →