Body image, measured with the B-WISE, averaged 21.9 (SD = 3.6, potential scores range from 12 36 with higher scores indicating a more positive body image).
Mean score on positive body image, measured by the Body Appreciation Scale, was the lowest among participants who perceived themselves as "very overweight" (32.75 ± 10.50) and highest for those who perceived themselves as "about the right weight" (51.02 ± 8.07, F = 6.357, P < 0.01, see Figure 1).
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 3(119 124]124] were observed, as were changes in body image, as measured by the Body Shape Questionnaire [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(485 494–494].
Satisfaction with postpartum body image was measured with a likert scale (unsatisfied, no opinion, satisfied).
Orthorexia, ED pathology, and body image issues were measured respectively by averaged total score of the ORTO-15 test, averaged factor scores of the EAT-26 test and of the MBSRQ.
Body image assessment techniques include perceptual measures and attitudinal measures [ 12].
The current series of studies evaluated one such instrument, the Body Image-Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (BI-AAQ), which was designed to measure body image flexibility.
Body image perception is often measured by assessing the difference between how a person thinks she appears and her ideal image of how she thinks she should look.
Due to their ease of use in the field, body size scales are a common method for measuring body image.
