Few studies have validated body image related measures in Asian countries, including in India, thus stunting research progress. To provide a robust method of assessing internalisation of cultural appearance ideals, the purpose of this study was to validate a culturally appropriate English version of the Internalisation-General subscale from the Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Attitudes Questionnaire-3 among a school sample of 1,432 urban Indian adolescents (Mage = 12.9 years; 44 % girls). Exploratory factor analyses revealed a one-factor solution for both girls and boys. Analyses indicated a six-item scale for girls and a four-item scale for boys; both of which were verified by confirmatory factor analysis. Cronbach’s alpha was high for both female (.88) and male scales (.87), and convergent validity was confirmed via significant correlations with measures of body esteem and disordered eating. Using the items which were common in both the male and female versions of the scale, confirmatory factor analysis supported a psychometrically sound model that was gender invariant, and thus can be used to assess and compare both genders. Overall, results support the reliability and validity of the Internalisation-General subscale among English-speaking urban Indian adolescents.

在亚洲国家，包括印度，很少有研究验证与身体图像有关的措施，从而阻碍了研究进展。为了提供一种评估文化外观理想的内部化的有效方法，本研究的目的是从1,432名印度城市青少年的学校样本中，从《社会文化态度对态度调查表-3》中验证文化上适当的英语版本的“内部化-一般”分量表。 （年龄= 12.9岁； 44％的女孩）。探索性因素分析揭示了针对男孩和女孩的单因素解决方案。分析表明，女孩的六项量表和男孩的四项量表；两者均通过验证性因子分析进行了验证。女性（.88）和男性比例（.87）的Cronbach's alpha均很高，并通过与身体自尊和饮食失调的显着相关性证实了收敛效度。使用男性和女性量表中常见的项目，验证性因素分析支持了性别不变的心理计量模型，因此可用于评估和比较两种性别。总体而言，结果支持英语为母语的印度城市青少年中“内部化”总体量表的可靠性和有效性。