Article: A children's version of the social physique anxiety scale. (Measurement).

In order to assess the perceived anxiety children experience relative to how others view their physiques, Hart, Leary and Rejeski's (1989) Social Physique Anxiety Scale (SPAS) was adapted to aversion for children ages 8--14-years-old (i.e., later elementary or middle school ages). The first phase of the SPAS revision entailed having three children of the lowest age (8 years old) respond to the 9-item SPAS and indicate if there were any words or phrases that they did not understand. Based upon these children's input, a team of three university faculty experienced in psychological testing reworded the SPAS to a children's version (the SPAS-C). Children (N= 8) representing a ...

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