SOCIOCULTURAL ATTITUDES TOWARDS
APPEARANCE SCALE (SATAQ)
The 38-item Sociocultural Attitudes Towards
Appearance Questionnaire 3 Revised edition (SATAQ-3R) subscales include
pressures, importance, and social comparison, and internalization (TV/Magazine,
comparison, and athletics). The scale was validated using two independent
samples of college females. The internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha) for the
overall scale is .95.
This scale is provided free of cost to those who
wish to use it for non-commercial (ie, you make no money)
purposes.
Citation:
Thompson,
J.K., Van den Berg, P.A., Keery, H., Williams, R., Shroff, H. M., Haselhuhn,
G.I., & Boroughs, M. (2000, May). A Revision and Extension of the
Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire. Presented at the
9th Annual Conference of the Academy of Eating Disorders, NY, NY.
Please read each of the following items
carefully and indicate the number that best reflects your agreement with the
statement.
Definitely Disagree = 1
Mostly
Disagree = 2
Neither Agree Nor Disagree = 3
Mostly Agree = 4
Definitely Agree = 5
- TV programs are an important
source of information about fashion and gbeing attractive.h ______
- Ifve felt pressure from TV or
magazines to lose weight. ______
- I do not care if my body looks like the body of people who are on TV. ______
- I compare my body to the bodies of
people who are on TV. ______
- TV commercials are an important source of information fashion and gbeing
attractive.h
______
- I do not feel pressure from TV or magazines to look pretty. ______
- I would like my body to look like
the models who appear in magazines. ______
- I compare my appearance to the
appearance of TV and movie stars.
______
- Music videos on TV are not an important source of information about fashion
and gbeing attractive.h ______
- Ifve felt pressure from TV and
magazines to be thin. ______
- I would like my body to look like
the people who are in movies. ______
- I do not compare my body to the bodies of people who appear in magazines. ______
- Magazine articles are not an important source of information about fashion
and gbeing attractive.h ______
- Ifve felt pressure from TV or
magazines to have a perfect body. ______
- I wish I looked like the models in
music videos. ______
- I compare my appearance to the
appearance of people in magazines. ______
- Magazine advertisements are an
important source of information about fashion and gbeing attractive.h ______
- Ifve felt pressure from TV or
magazines to diet. ______
- I do not wish to look as athletic as the people in magazines. ______
- I compare my body to that of
people in ggood shape.h ______
- Pictures in magazines are an
important source of information about fashion and gbeing attractive.h ______
- Ifve felt pressure from TV or
magazines to exercise. ______
- I wish I looked as athletic as
sports stars. ______
- I compare my body to that of
people who are athletic. ______
- Movies are an important source of
information about fashion and gbeing attractive.h ______
- Ifve felt pressure from TV or
magazines to change my appearance. ______
- I do not try to look like the people on TV. ______
- Movie starts are not an important source of information about fashion and
gbeing attractive.h ______
- Famous people are an important
source of information about fashion and gbeing attractive.h ______
- I try to look like sports
athletes. ______