Body Shape Questionnaire.
BSQ
- What it measures
- Concerns about body shape, weight, and the experience of 'feeling fat' (body dissatisfaction)
- Length and format
- 34 (BSQ-16A/B, BSQ-8C short forms). 6-point frequency (never to always); summed (self-report questionnaire)
- Language versions
- Many languages (widely validated, mainly in women)
- Normative data
- No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.
- Licence
- open with attribution
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- Reference
- Cooper, P. J., Taylor, M. J., Cooper, Z., & Fairburn, C. G. (1987). The development and validation of the Body Shape Questionnaire. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 6(4), 485-494.
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