Body image research is growing in India; however, there are no psychometrically valid measures to assess body image concerns among an Indian population. In this study, the Body Esteem Scale for Adults and Adolescents (BESAA) underwent adaptation and validation among urban Indian adolescents in English. Cultural adaptations were made in consultation with body image experts and acceptability interviews with adolescents in India. 1462 adolescents living in Northern India completed the adapted BESAA and measures to assess construct validity. For girls, a 15-item three-factor model provided the best fit to our data, using exploratory factor analysis, with ‘Appearance-Negative’, ‘Appearance-Positive’, and ‘Weight’ subscales. For boys, a 7-item two-factor model provided best fit, with ‘Appearance-Negative’ and ‘Appearance-Positive’ subscales. Models were confirmed via confirmatory factor analysis. The scales demonstrated good internal consistency and satisfactory test-retest reliability. Construct, convergent validity was supported for girls and boys through significant correlations with figure rating scales and disordered eating. Further analyses using common items across the female and male scales, produced a psychometrically sound scale that can be used comparatively across genders. This study presents a culturally adapted, shortened BESAA as a valid and reliable measure to assess body image concerns in English among urban Indian adolescents.

印度的人体形象研究正在增长；但是，没有心理上有效的措施来评估印度人口对身体形象的关注。在这项研究中，成人和青少年的身体自尊量表（BESAA）在英语城市印度青少年中进行了适应和验证。在与身体图像专家协商并与印度青少年进行可接受性采访后，对文化进行了改编。生活在印度北部的1462名青少年完成了改编的BESAA和评估建筑效度的措施。对于女孩，使用探索性因素分析以及“外观为负”，“外观为正”和“体重”子量表，采用15个项目的三因素模型最适合我们的数据。对于男孩，7项两因素模型提供了最佳的拟合度，“外观为负”和“外观为正”子量表。通过验证性因子分析确认模型。该秤显示出良好的内部一致性和令人满意的重测可靠性。通过与身材评定量表和饮食失调的显着相关性，支持男孩和女孩的建构，收敛效度。使用男女比例尺上的常见项目进行进一步分析，得出了一种心理上合理的比例尺，可以跨性别比较使用。这项研究提出了一种文化适应的，缩短的BESAA，作为评估印度城市青少年英语中对身体形象的关注的有效而可靠的措施。通过与身材评定量表和饮食失调的显着相关性，支持男孩和女孩的收敛效度。使用男女比例尺上的常见项目进行进一步分析，得出了一种心理上合理的比例尺，可以跨性别比较使用。这项研究提出了一种文化适应的，缩短的BESAA，作为评估印度城市青少年英语中对身体形象的关注的有效而可靠的措施。通过与身材评定量表和饮食失调的显着相关性，支持男孩和女孩的收敛效度。使用男女比例尺上的常见项目进行进一步分析，得出了一种心理上合理的比例尺，可以跨性别比较使用。这项研究提出了一种文化适应的，缩短的BESAA，作为评估印度城市青少年英语中对身体形象的关注的有效而可靠的措施。