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Body appreciation around the world: Measurement invariance of the Body Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2) across 65 nations, 40 languages, gender identities, and ageSwami, VirenTran, Ulrich S.Stieger, StefanAavik, ToivoRanjbar, Hamed AbdollahpourAdebayo, Sulaiman OlanrewajuAfhami, RezaAhmed, OliAimé, AnnieAkel, MarwanHalbusi, Hussam AlAlexias, GeorgeAli, Khawla F.Alp-Dal, NurselAlsalhani, Anas B.Álvares-Solas, SaraAmaral, Ana Carolina SoaresAndrianto, SonnyAspden, TreforArgyrides, MariosAruta, John Jamir Benzon R.Atkin, StephenAyandele, OlusolaBaceviciene, MigleBahbouh, RadvanBallesio, AndreaBarron, DavidBellard, AshleighBender, Sóley SesseljaBeydağ, Kerime DeryaBirovljević, GoranaBlackburn, Marie-ÈveBorja-Alvarez, TeresitaBorowiec, JoannaBozogáňová, MiroslavaBratland-Sanda, SolfridBrowning, Matthew H.E.M.Brytek-Matera, AnnaBurakova, MarinaÇakır-Koçak, YelizCamacho, PabloCamilleri, Vittorio EmanueleCazzato, ValentinaCerea, SilviaChaiwutikornwanich, ApitchayaChaleeraktrakoon, TrawinChambers, TimChen, Qing-WeiChen, XinChien, Chin-LungChobthamkit, PhatthanakitChoompunuch, BovornpotCompte, Emilio J.Corrigan, JenniferCosmas, GetrudeCowden, Richard G.Czepczor-Bernat, KamilaCzub, Marcinda Silva, Wanderson RobertoDadfar, MahboubehBody appreciationBody appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2)Cross-culturalMeasurement invarianceMulti-group confirmatory factor analysis (MG-CFA)PsychometricsStructural analysisThe Body Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2) is a widely used measure of a core facet of the positive body image construct. However, extant research concerning measurement invariance of the BAS-2 across a large number of nations remains limited. Here, we utilised the Body Image in Nature (BINS) dataset – with data collected between 2020 and 2022 – to assess measurement invariance of the BAS-2 across 65 nations, 40 languages, gender identities, and age groups. Multi-group confirmatory factor analysis indicated that full scalar invariance was upheld across all nations, languages, gender identities, and age groups, suggesting that the unidimensional BAS-2 model has widespread applicability. There were large differences across nations and languages in latent body appreciation, while differences across gender identities and age groups were negligible-to-small. Additionally, greater body appreciation was significantly associated with higher life satisfaction, being single (versus being married or in a committed relationship), and greater rurality (versus urbanicity). Across a subset of nations where nation-level data were available, greater body appreciation was also significantly associated with greater cultural distance from the United States and greater relative income inequality. These findings suggest that the BAS-2 likely captures a near-universal conceptualisation of the body appreciation construct, which should facilitate further cross-cultural research.Elsevier Ltd2023Articlehttps://rdlopen.rawdatalibrary.net/r/munzur/2222https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2023.07.0101740-1445enBody Imageinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttps://munzur-rdlopen.rawdatalibrary.net/tr/items/munzur/2222