Article ID: 2024008
Objectives : This study aimed to translate the Objectified Body Consciousness Scale (OBCS), which measures body awareness, into Japanese (OBCS-J) and examine its reliability and validity.
Methods : First, the OBCS was translated into Japanese with permission from the original author. Then, survey participants were recruited through an Internet research company and a questionnaire survey was conducted among 191 women.
Results : Confirmatory factor analysis, calculation of reliability coefficients, and correlation analysis of each subscale and the EAT-26, PHQ-9, and EISS-J were conducted. The results of the confirmatory factor analysis confirmed that the two-factor structure was a better-fitting model than the three-factor structure, and the results of the reliability coefficients and correlation analysis were similar to those of previous studies.
Conclusion : The OBCS-J was confirmed to have acceptable reliability and validity in the two- and three-factor structures.
