scholarly journals Mexican validation of the Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire (SATAQ-3) in men undergraduate students / Validación mexicana del Cuestionario de Actitudes Socioculturales hacia la Apariencia (SATAQ-3) en estudiantes universitarios varones

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-184
Author(s):  
Irais Castillo Rangel ◽  
Santos Solano Nortes ◽  
Patricia Prieto Silva ◽  
Aida Margarita Rodríguez Rodríguez ◽  
Ana Rosa Sepúlveda García
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Student Sample ◽  
College Student Sample ◽  
Sociocultural Attitudes ◽  
Male College ◽  
Principal Axis Factor Analysis ◽  
Extra Factor ◽  
Scale Yielding ◽  
Medios De Comunicacion ◽  
Estudiantes Universitarios

AbstractThe Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire-3 (SATAQ-3) is one of the instruments used to measure the influence of mass media on adolescents, and is a useful instrument that has been widely applied in different countries and translated to many languages. The present study is the first validation of the Mexican version of the SATAQ-3 with a male college student sample. A total of 148 students participated in the study (M = 19.1, SD = 2.14). A principal axis factor analysis was used to evaluate the scale, yielding a poor result, due to the formation of an extra factor with reverse-keyed items. Therefore, reversed key items were removed and a second analysis was conducted. After removing reverse-key items, a four-factor structure was obtained: Pressures, Internalization-general, Internalization-athletic, and Information. The internal consistency obtained for SATAQ-3 was satisfactory (α = .81), however, it was slightly lower than the original. Regarding the concurrent validation, the SATAQ-3 presented significant correlations with body dissatisfaction, social perfectionism and psychological distress. SATAQ-3 is an appropriate instrument to measure the internalization of aesthetic ideals and acceptance, among male college students in Mexico.ResumenUno de los cuestionarios más utilizados para medir la influencia de los medios de comunicación es el Cuestionario de Actitudes Socioculturales hacia la Apariencia (SATAQ-3), el cual ha sido traducido a varias lenguas y aplicado en distintos países. El presente estudio constituye la primera validación mexicana del SATAQ-3 en varones. Participaron 148 estudiantes universitarios (M = 19.1, DE = 2.14). Para evaluar la escala se realizó un análisis factorial de ejes principales, obteniendo inicialmente un resultado pobre, dada la formación de un factor extra con los ítems con redacción inversa. Por esta razón dichos ítems fueron removidos y se condujo un segundo análisis que derivó una estructura de cuatro factores: Presión, Interiorización general, Interiorización atlética, e Información. La consistencia interna del SATAQ-3 fue satisfactoria (α = .81), sin embargo fue un poco menor a la obtenida de la escala original. Respecto a la validación concurrente, el SATAQ-3 presentó correlaciones significativas con la insatisfacción corporal, el perfeccionismo social y el malestar psicológico. El SATAQ-3 es un instrumento apropiado para medir la interiorización de los ideales estéticos y su aceptación en estudiantes universitarios varones mexicanos.

A Comparison of Methods for Collecting Self-Report Data on Sensitive Topics

2006 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 461-471 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan Rosenbaum ◽  
Mandy M. Rabenhorst ◽  
Madhavi K. Reddy ◽  
Matthew T. Fleming ◽  
Nicolette L. Howells
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Sensitivity Study ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Student Sample ◽  
College Student Sample ◽  
Sensitive Topics ◽  
Willingness To Disclose ◽  
Report Data ◽  
Self Report Data

Insufficient attention has been paid to whether disclosure rates of sensitive or stigmatizing information vary as a function of method of inquiry. Methods vary both in terms of the anonymity afforded the participant and the opportunity to make a connection with the researcher, both of which might affect participants’ willingness to disclose such information. In this investigation, 215 undergraduate students were randomly assigned to complete identical questionnaires using one of the three most common methods of data collection (in-person interview, telephone interview, and paper-and-pencil questionnaire) or an automated telephonic data collection (ATDC) system. Questions on six topic areas of increasing social sensitivity (study habits, substance use, physical and sexual aggression, victimization and perpetration) were included. The results indicated that there were no differences in disclosure rates due to methods and no method by topic interaction, but the two telephonic methods both produced significantly higher participation rates than the two other methods. The results suggest that, at least for a college student sample, an automated telephonic system produces data comparable to that of more traditional methods, while offering greater convenience, economy, and participation.

Perceived Parenting Style and Its Relationship to Happiness, Hopefulness, and Optimism in a College Student Sample

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Griess ◽  
Brian D. Johnson ◽  
Annette S. Peters ◽  
Jeffrey D. Roche ◽  
Meag-Gan Walters
Keyword(s):  
College Student ◽  
Parenting Style ◽  
Student Sample ◽  
Perceived Parenting ◽  
College Student Sample

Initial psychometric properties of the Spiritual Bypass Scale in an Indian college student sample.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Loren Toussaint ◽  
Jesse Fox ◽  
Shanmukh Kamble ◽  
Everett L. Worthington ◽  
Craig S. Cashwell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Student ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Student Sample ◽  
College Student Sample ◽  
Spiritual Bypass

Effect of persuasion via social media on attitude toward elite sport policies

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Yi-Hsiu Lin ◽  
Chen-Yueh Chen
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Social Media ◽  
College Student ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Elite Sport ◽  
Student Sample ◽  
College Student Sample ◽  
Central Route ◽  
Group Involvement

We examined the effect of different persuasion interventions in social media (central route vs. peripheral route vs. no persuasion) on attitude toward elite sport policies. We conducted 2 experimental studies with a college student sample (Study I) and a sample drawn from the general public (nonstudent sample, Study II). Results indicated that in the student sample, attitude of the peripheral-route-persuasion group toward elite sport policies was significantly more positive than that of either the no-persuasion group or the central-route-persuasion group. However, results from the nonstudent sample suggested that both the central-route-persuasion and peripheral-route-persuasion groups had more positive attitude toward elite sport policies than did the nopersuasion group. Involvement did not moderate the persuasion–attitude relationship in either the student or nonstudent sample. The findings from this research indicate that a more concise way of communication (peripheral route) is more effective for persuading college students. Government agents may adopt the findings from this research to customize persuasion interventions to influence their target audience effectively.

Evidence for a Third Factor on the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule in a College Student Sample

2000 ◽  
Vol 90 (1) ◽  
pp. 147-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
William D. Scott Killgore
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Positive And Negative Affect ◽  
Factor Solution ◽  
Student Sample ◽  
Maximum Likelihood Factor Analysis ◽  
College Student Sample ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Affect Factor ◽  
Three Factor

The Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) was originally developed to measure two orthogonal dimensions of affect. The present study examined the factor structure of the PANAS in a sample of 302 undergraduates. Maximum Likelihood factor analysis was used to compare two- and three-factor solutions to self-rated affect. The two-factor solution resulted in confirmation of the two factors of Positive and Negative Affect hypothesized to underlie the schedule. When, however, a three-factor solution was specified, the Positive Affect factor was retained, while the Negative Affect factor split into two lower-order factors generally consistent with the Upset and Afraid factors described by Mehrabian in 1997. These findings highlight the need for research to consider the possible influence of a third affective dimension, such as Dominance–Submissiveness on self-rated affective experience.

Career Indecision Profile-65 Scores: Test–Retest Reliability and Measurement Equivalence in College and Noncollege Samples

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 510-526 ◽  
Author(s):  
Casey J. Zobell ◽  
Margaret M. Nauta ◽  
Matthew S. Hesson-McInnis
Keyword(s):  
Career Counseling ◽  
Measurement Equivalence ◽  
Career Indecision ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Student Sample ◽  
Retest Reliability ◽  
College Student Sample ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Test Retest Reliability

The Career Indecision Profile-65 (CIP-65) is a relatively new measure of career indecision that appears to have promise for use in career counseling and research. We sought to expand the information available to those evaluating the CIP-65 for potential use by assessing its measurement equivalence in college ( N = 529) and noncollege ( N = 472) samples and its scores’ test–retest reliability in a subset of the college–student sample ( n = 107). Six-week test–retest reliability coefficients ranged from .58 (interpersonal conflicts) to .85 (choice/commitment anxiety) for the subscale scores. Confirmatory factor analyses revealed that the CIP-65’s four-factor structure fit the data well in both the college and noncollege samples. The CIP-65 scores were configurally invariant in the two samples, but we did not find support for metric invariance. We offer explanations for these findings, discuss implications for practice, and present ideas for future research.

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