The Perception of Teasing Scale (POTS): A Revision and Extension of the Physical Appearance Related Teasing Scale (PARTS)
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-1995
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327752jpa6501_11
Abstract
This article describes the development and validation of a revised measure for the assessment of history of being teased about physical appearance. Study 1 involved the preliminary psychometric evaluation of the questionnaire on a sample of 227 college women, Two factors emerged: Weight-Related Teasing (WT) and Teasing About Abilities/Competencies (Competency Teasing; CT). The integrity of the factor structure of these two scales was established in Study 2 with a sample of 87 college women. Internal consistency ratios in this sample were also found to be acceptable. In Study 3, 92 college women were administered measures of body image, eating disturbance, and self-esteem to test for convergence with the Perception of Teasing Scale. Subjects also rated teasing items for frequency and effect (e.g., how upset they were by the teasing). Two-week test-retest reliabilities for these measures were acceptable. Weight-Related Teasing correlated to a greater degree with other measures than Competency Teasing. Regression analyses revealed the importance of a frequency versus effect dimension. Findings are discussed in light of recent research on developmental factors in body image and eating disturbance.
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Citation / Publisher Attribution
Journal of Personality Assessment, v. 65, issue 1, p. 146-157
Scholar Commons Citation
Thompson, Joel K.; Cattarin, Jill; Fowler, Barbara; and Fisher, Erik, "The Perception of Teasing Scale (POTS): A Revision and Extension of the Physical Appearance Related Teasing Scale (PARTS)" (1995). Psychology Faculty Publications. 2137.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/psy_facpub/2137
