Development and validation of two new scales for assessment of body-image

This study reports the development and validation of two new and improved t ools for assessment of body-image. Two schematic contour scales were create d using a frontal view photograph of an adult male and female with height a nd weight of the median American. A a-figure analogue scale was created by distorting this drawing by +/-30%. A 13-card scale nas created by generatin g 13 drawings distorted between +/-30% by increments of 5%. Evidence is pre sented for the reliability and validity of both scales. The advantages of t hese new scales over existing figural and silhouette scales are discussed.