Translation and Validation of Social Appearance Anxiety Scale (SAAS) for Students

Abstract

The study was aimed to translate and validate the social appearance anxity scale. Social appearance anxiety is a type of social anxiety, specifically about one's appearance and body shape. Quantitative research design was used for this study. The 592 undergraduate students were taken from Multan and Bahawalpur for the sample. Social appearance anxiety scale (SAAS) developed by Hart at el., in 2008 was used to translate in Urdu language. For data analysis SPSS V.25 and AMOS V.21 were used. Findings reveal that the alpha reliability of original and backward translated scale computed and it showed good alpha value with 0.881. Results demonstrate that validation of psychometric properties of SAAS Urdu version are found significant. Correlational analysis revealed that items of original and translated SAAS are inter related. Excellent internal consistency between the SAAS in its original English and Urdu version was also revealed by Cronbach’s alpha values. An exploratory factor analysis revealed that Urdu version SAAS has one factor structure just like original version and relationship between variable and respondent is significant. Translation and validation of SAAS in Pakistan is a step onward to work and explore more in the wider field of psychology. It will aid in the adaptation and creation of additional tools in accordance with Pakistan’s contemporary culture and standards. Urdu version tools are need of time for the psychological assessment in Pakistan because mostly people in Pakistan do not understand English properly.