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KMID : 1094520100130030141
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Korean Journal of Play Therapy
2010 Volume.13 No. 3 p.141 ~ p.158
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Validation Study of the Korean Version of Objectified Body Consciousness Scale for Youth
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Koo Ja-Yeun
Ha Eun-Hye
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to examine the validity and reliability of the Korean version of Objectified Body Consciousness Scale for Youth(K-OBC-Y) to measure objectified body consciousness -the tendency to view oneself as an object to be looked at and evaluated by others-for adolescent youth. The subjects were 754 junior high and high school students(449 females and 305 males) in grades 7 through 11 in Seoul and Cheongju. They were assessed by the K-OBC-Y, the Body-Esteem Scale for Adolescents and Adults(BESAA), the Sociocultural Attitudes towards Appearance Questionnaire(SATAQ), the Public Self-consciousness Scale, and the Eating Attitude Test-26(EAT-26). Factor analysis showed that K-OBC-Y had two factor structures representing body surveillance and body shame. There was no significant gender by school level interaction effect and no main effect of school level. Female students scored significantly higher than male students on the body surveillance subscale, the body shame subscale and the total score of the K-OBC-Y. Correlation analyses showed that body surveillance and body shame were positively related to each other. Correlation analyses among other relevant scales with objectified body consciousness such as the BESAA, the SATAQ and the Public Self-consciousness Scale showed that the K-OBC-Y was negatively related to body esteem and positively related to attitudes toward appearance and public self-consciousness. Mean score of the K-OBC-Y was significantly higher in the group with eating disorder symptom than the normal counterpart. Internal consistencies (α) of the K-OBC-Y scales were good: .86 for the body surveillance subscale, .77 for the body shame subscale and .84 for the total score of the K-OBC-Y.
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KEYWORD
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K-OBC-Y, Objectified Body, Consciousness, body surveillance, body shame, body image
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