Anxiety Mood.  2023 Apr;19(1):1-9. 10.24986/anxmod.2023.19.1.001.

Validation of Korean Version of the Social Appearance Anxiety Scale

• Lee M
• Kim M
• Kim JH

• KMID: 2542125
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.24986/anxmod.2023.19.1.001

Abstract

Objective
: To translate and adapt the Social Appearance Anxiety Scale into Korean and validate the Korean version of the social appearance anxiety scale, which measures the fear and anxiety about being negatively 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 forward-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 (EFA), confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), 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.
Conclusion
: K-SAAS appears to be a reliable and valid scale for screening and assessing social appearance anxiety.

Keyword

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