March 7, 2024Open Access

Validation of the Social Appearance Anxiety Scale in female eating disorder patients

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LCLaurence ClaesUniversity of Antwerp THTrevor HartUniversity of Toronto DSDirk SmitsUniversity College Odisee

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Validation study demonstrates sound psychometric properties of the appearance anxiety scale in female eating disorder patients, highlighting its clinical utility.

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Social appearance anxiety scale demonstrates a robust one-factor structure and high internal consistency, confirming its validity in eating disorder patients.
Assessment of 60 female eating disorder patients reveals that social appearance anxiety correlates positively with body mass index and severe body dissatisfaction.
Highlights the sound psychometric properties of the scale for clinical evaluation, with scores linking directly to emotional and interpersonal problems.

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Claes et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e75573b6db6435876cd9e8 https://doi.org/10.32920/25345096.v1

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Validation study demonstrates sound psychometric properties of the appearance anxiety scale in female eating disorder patients, highlighting its clinical utility.

Validation of the Social Appearance Anxiety Scale in female eating disorder patients

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Validation of the Social Appearance Anxiety Scale in female eating disorder patients

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