Body-Esteem Scale for Adolescents and Adults

By B. K. Mendelson, M. Mendelson, D. R. White. Journal of Personality Assessment, 2001

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Gender Studies, Pharmacy

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In Clinical Psychology

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4. James Gray
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In Pharmacy

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Citations in the corpus

• Body Dissatisfaction and Disordered Eating among College Women in China, South Korea, and the United States: Contrasting Predictions from Sociocultural and Feminist Theories (2007, background): “These values are similar to those reported by Mendelson et al. (2001).”
• Facebook Photo Activity Associated with Body Image Disturbance in Adolescent Girls (2014, positive): “The 8-item Weight Satisfaction sub-scale of the Body-Esteem Scale for Adolescents and Adults (BES) 37 was used to assess how girls feel about their bodies/ weight.”
• #SocialMedia: Exploring the Relationship of Social Networking Sites on Body Image, Self-Esteem, and Eating Disorders (2017, methodology): “In this study, only the five-item attribution scale, which measures positive evaluations attributed to others about one’s body and appearance (Mendelson et al., 2001), was used.”
• The Internet and Adolescent Girls’ Weight Satisfaction and Drive for Thinness (2010, methodology): “Weight satisfaction was assessed by the Weight Satisfaction subscale of the Body-Esteem Scale for Adolescents and Adults (Mendelson et al. 2001).”
• Culture, Obesity Stereotypes, Self-Esteem, and the “Thin Ideal”: A Social Identity Perspective (2004, methodology): “To measure these beliefs, the Mendelson and White (Mendelson et al., 1995, 1996) Body Esteem Scale (BES) was administered.”
• Body Image Perceptions: Do Gender Differences Exist? (2010, background): “Body esteem scores were negatively correlated with self-esteem for both women and men, supporting the findings of Mendelson et al. (2001); however, the results from the present study indicate that weight was not significantly correlated with body esteem.”