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FerdousiSiddiqueSigurdsson, ValdimarValdimarSigurdssonSilkane, VinetaVinetaSilkaneŠimunić, AnaAnaŠimunićSingh, GovindGovindSinghSlezáčková, AlenaAlenaSlezáčkováSundgot-Borgen, ChristineChristineSundgot-BorgenTen Hoor, GillGillTen HoorTevichapong, PassagornPassagornTevichapongTipandjan, ArunArunTipandjanTodd, JenniferJenniferToddTogas, ConstantinosConstantinosTogasTonini, FernandoFernandoToniniTovar-Castro, Juan CamiloJuan CamiloTovar-CastroTrangsrud, Lise Katrine JepsenLise Katrine JepsenTrangsrudTripathi, PankajPankajTripathiTudorel, OtiliaOtiliaTudorelTylka, Tracy LTracy LTylkaUyzbayeva, AnarAnarUyzbayevaVally, ZahirZahirVallyVanags, EdmundsEdmundsVanagsVega, Luis DiegoLuis DiegoVegaVicente-Arruebarrena, AitorAitorVicente-ArruebarrenaVidal-Mollón, JoseJoseVidal-MollónVilar, RooseveltRooseveltVilarVillegas, HyxiaHyxiaVillegasVintilă, MonaMonaVintilăWallner, ChristophChristophWallnerWhite, Mathew PMathew PWhiteWhitebridge, SimonSimonWhitebridgeWindhager, SonjaSonjaWindhagerWong, Kah YanKah YanWongYau, Eric KensonEric KensonYauYamamiya, YukoYukoYamamiyaYeung, Victoria Wai LanVictoria Wai LanYeungZanetti, Marcelo CallegariMarcelo CallegariZanettiZawisza, MagdalenaMagdalenaZawiszaZeeni, NadineNadineZeeniZvaríková, MartinaMartinaZvaríkováVoracek, MartinMartinVoracek2024-10-252024-10-252023-09https://boris-portal.unibe.ch/handle/20.500.12422/169304The 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.enBody appreciation Body appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2) Cross-cultural Measurement invariance Multi-group confirmatory factor analysis (MG-CFA) Psychometrics Structural analysis600 - Technology::650 - Management & public relationsarticle10.48350/1854933758231810.1016/j.bodyim.2023.07.010