The Revision of Body Consciousness Scale for College Students

Objective:Revise Mckinley and Hyde's Objectified Body consciousness Scale (OBCS) within a sample of college students. Methods: Four hundred and thirty-two college students responded to the scale, and factor analysis was applied to the data. Results:The revised Body consciousness Scale consisted of 20 items, three subscales (the Body Surveillance subscale, the Body Shame subscale, the Control Beliefs subscale) .Factor analysis indicated that, the three subscales explain 60.25% of the variance with loading between 0.623～0.824. The test-retest reliabilities of the three subscales were 0.764~0.802, Cronbach's alphas 0.861～0.875.Conclusion: The Body consciousness Scale for Chinese College Students has satisfying validities and reliabilities and is suitable for use among Chinese undergraduates.