The Internalisation of Sociocultural and Thin-Ideal Standards in Sports scale: Development and preliminary validation in female athletes participating in aesthetic sports. Issue 4 (8th August 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Scoffier-Mériaux, Stéphanie; Ferrand, Claude; d'Arripe-Longueville, Fabienne
• Is Part Of: International journal of sport and exercise psychology. Volume 15:Issue 4(2017)
• Page Start: 370
• Page End: 378
• Publication Date: 2017-08-08
• Subjects: body norms -- thinness -- female aesthetic sports -- self-regulation of eating attitude; Sports -- Aspect psychologique -- Périodiques; Exercise -- Psychological aspects -- Periodicals; Sports -- Psychological aspects -- Periodicals; 796.019
• DOI: 10.1080/1612197X.2015.1122720
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1612-197X

Abstract

Abstract : Thinness is a part of today's sociocultural standards of beauty and thus is implicated in body-image dissatisfaction and eating disorders. In female aesthetic sports, thinness is a standard for aesthetics and performance. Measuring the internalisation of thin-ideal standards in these athletes may therefore help athletes, coaches, parents, administrators, sport psychologists, and so on to gain insight into the risks associated with body-image dissatisfaction and disordered eating. This study aimed to develop and validate the Internalisation of Sociocultural and Thin-Ideal Standards in Sports (ISTISS) scale. Four studies involving 357 female aesthetic athletes examined the exploratory factorial structure, temporal stability, and concurrent validity of the ISTISS, which gave rise to a 10-item scale with two subscales: internalisation of sociocultural standards and thin-ideal standards in sports. Internal consistencies were satisfactory and relationships with the self-regulation of eating attitude in sport were as expected. These findings provide preliminary evidence for the appropriateness of the ISTISS scale for female aesthetic sports athletes.