Abstract
The purpose of this study is to develop a scale to measure positive or negative acceptance of body-sense. Twenty-five head-words were chosen for classification in this scale. In order to confirm the validity, difference with body-image and relation with self-positivity were examined; because body-sense is different from body-image, and the scale will measure body-sense based on self. Self-positivity scale (Tanaka, 2005) and “attractive body”, “sport competence” subscales from the physical self perception profile-Japan version (Uchida, Hashimoto, Fujinaga, 2003) were chosen for examining validity. As a result of principle analysis, 13 head-words were picked up for this scale. The internal reliability of the scale (coefficient α) was .91. In correlation analysis, with self-positivity scale was r=.71, and attractive body scale was r=.33, sports competence scale was r=.27. In addition, sex difference was not admitted (t=.51, n.s.). These results suggested that this scale can be used to evaluate the positive or negative acceptance of body-sense.
