TY - JOUR
T1 - Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Female Muscularity Scale among Chinese young women
AU - Tang, Chanyuan
AU - Barnhart, Wesley R.
AU - Zhang, Bin
AU - He, Jinbo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
PY - 2022/12
Y1 - 2022/12
N2 - Purpose: The Female Muscularity Scale (FMS) was specifically developed for assessing drive for muscularity in women. The current study aimed to translate the FMS into Chinese (FMS-C) and examine its psychometric properties among Chinese young women. Methods: Based on standard procedures, the FMS was translated into Chinese. By using the psych and lavaan packages on R version 4.0.3, the current study examined the factor structure, reliability, and convergent and incremental validity of the FMS-C with a sample of 517 Chinese women college students (Mage= 18.86 years). Results: Results showed a 2-factor structure including attitudes and behaviors of the FMS-C. The internal consistency reliability (Cronbach’s α) was.91 for the total FMS-C scale and.89 and.88 for the Attitudes and Behaviors subscales, respectively. Results also revealed evidence for good convergent and incremental validity of the FMS-C. Conclusion: Findings suggest that the FMS-C can be a useful tool to measure both attitudes and behaviors underlying drive for muscularity and muscle tone concerns among Chinese young women. Level of evidence: Level V, cross-sectional descriptive study.
AB - Purpose: The Female Muscularity Scale (FMS) was specifically developed for assessing drive for muscularity in women. The current study aimed to translate the FMS into Chinese (FMS-C) and examine its psychometric properties among Chinese young women. Methods: Based on standard procedures, the FMS was translated into Chinese. By using the psych and lavaan packages on R version 4.0.3, the current study examined the factor structure, reliability, and convergent and incremental validity of the FMS-C with a sample of 517 Chinese women college students (Mage= 18.86 years). Results: Results showed a 2-factor structure including attitudes and behaviors of the FMS-C. The internal consistency reliability (Cronbach’s α) was.91 for the total FMS-C scale and.89 and.88 for the Attitudes and Behaviors subscales, respectively. Results also revealed evidence for good convergent and incremental validity of the FMS-C. Conclusion: Findings suggest that the FMS-C can be a useful tool to measure both attitudes and behaviors underlying drive for muscularity and muscle tone concerns among Chinese young women. Level of evidence: Level V, cross-sectional descriptive study.
KW - Body image
KW - Chinese
KW - Drive for muscularity
KW - Psychometric properties
KW - Validation
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85135493308
U2 - 10.1007/s40519-022-01448-w
DO - 10.1007/s40519-022-01448-w
M3 - Article
C2 - 35896856
AN - SCOPUS:85135493308
SN - 1124-4909
VL - 27
SP - 3187
EP - 3196
JO - Eating and Weight Disorders
JF - Eating and Weight Disorders
IS - 8
ER -
