Validity and reliability of the Chinese version of the Experience of Embodiment Scale in college students
Objective:To introduce the Experience of Embodiment Scale(EES)and examine the validity and reliability in a sample of college students.Methods:Totally 1 254 college students(sample 1)were selected for en-try analysis and exploratory factor analysis,and 623 college students(sample 2)were selected for confirmatory fac-tor analysis,validity and internal consistency reliability tests,531 college students(sample 3)were selected for re-testing at a 4-week interval.The Body Esteem Scale for Adolescents and Adults(BESAA),Socio-Cultural Attitudes Toward Appearance Questionnaire(SATAQ-4),Eating Disorder Examination Self-Assessment Questionnaire 6.0(EDE-Q6.0),and Brief Symptom Inventory(BSI-18)were used as validity scales.Results:The EES had 31 items divided into 6 factors,which explained 69.53%of the total variance,and the factor loadings of each item ranged from 0.61 to 0.87.Confirmatory factor analysis revealed a model fit was good(x2/df=2.63,CFI=0.82,TLI=0.80,SRMR=0.07,RMSEA=0.08).The EES scores were positively associated with the BESAA scores(r=0.59,P<0.01),and negatively correlated with the scores of SATAQ-4,EDE-Q6.0 and BSI-18(r=-0.54,-0.44,-0.47;P<0.01).The Cronbach α coefficient of the total scale was 0.90,and ICC of retest was 0.88.Conclusion:The Chinese version of the EES has good validity and reliability and could be used to measure the embodied experience of college students.
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