Body Esteem Scale (BES)
Psychology: Mental Health1 sample item
About this scale
Self esteem refers to how well people feel about themselves. Body esteem is part of this. The study of body self esteem is popular among psychology students. There is a lot of attention for the role of the media on body esteem (in particular for women). For example, it is often argued that the media constantly shows beautiful people with body features barely anyone has. This makes people feel less confident about their own bodies. This can also be a causal
Sample item(s)
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Notes
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Source & citation
Franzoi, S.L. (1994). Further evidence of the reliability and validity of the body esteem scale. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 50 , 237-239. | Franzoi, S.L. & Shields, S.A. (1984). The Body-Esteem Scale: Multidimensional structure and sex differences in a college population. Journal of Personality Assessment, 48 , 173-178.
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