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BSQ

The BSQ is a self-report questionnaire measuring preoccupation with and dissatisfaction about body shape. Originally developed by Cooper and colleagues in 1987, the full version contains 34 items; shorter versions (BSQ-16, BSQ-8) are also widely used. The BSQ was designed to assess body shape concern as a core psychopathological feature of eating disorders and is widely used in eating disorder assessment, body image research, and epidemiological studies.

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Body Shape Questionnaire
Taxonomic method record · process-pipeline / clinical-psychology
  • 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. · DOI 10.1002/1098-108X(198707)6:4<485::AID-EAT2260060405>3.0.CO;2-O
  • Evans, C., & Dolan, B. (1993). Body Shape Questionnaire: Derivation of shortened 'alternate forms' and further data on reliability and validity. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 13(3), 315–321. · DOI 10.1002/1098-108X(199304)13:3<315::AID-EAT2260130310>3.0.CO;2-3
  • Welch, E., Lagerström, M., & Ghaderi, A. (2012). Body Shape Questionnaire: Psychometric properties of the short version (BSQ-8C) and norms from the general Swedish population. Body Image, 9(1), 15–21. · DOI 10.1016/j.bodyim.2012.04.009
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