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Table 2 Factorial validity and reliability of the BIPS-Ga

From: Measuring body image during pregnancy: psychometric properties and validity of a German translation of the Body Image in Pregnancy Scale (BIPS-G)

Item #

F1

F2

F3

F4

F5

F6

h 2

Corrected item-total correlation rtt

Cronbach’s α if item deleted

α = .91

α = .91

α = .82

α = .85

α = .79

α = .83

1

.837

−.085

−.013

.004

.020

.000

.677

.78

.89

2

.756

.037

.048

−.054

−.104

.038

.583

.72

.89

3

.777

−.014

−.026

−.008

−.021

.048

.608

.76

.89

4

.628

−.033

.039

.020

.024

.124

.532

.68

.90

5

.221

.008

.003

−.049

.076

.527

.504

.64

.80

6

.162

.018

.017

.008

.094

.578

.549

.66

.80

7*

−.071

−.025

.014

−.003

−.068

.810

.558

.64

.80

8*

007

−.022

−.024

.069

.005

.847

.716

.73

.75

9

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

10*

−.002

−.020

.131

.010

.458

.011

.242

.42

.79

11*

.143

−.139

.054

.133

.597

−.130

.466

.55

.75

12*

.024

−.059

.039

.003

.825

−.034

.689

.71

.70

13*

−.046

.073

−.105

−.104

.685

.037

.448

.55

.75

14*

−.068

.127

−.081

−.002

.723

.079

.532

.61

.73

15

.130

.588

.033

.035

−.045

.073

.481

.64

.90

16

−.014

.771

.024

−.122

−.064

.061

.629

.74

.89

17

.022

.854

−.069

.069

−.098

−.070

.688

.76

.89

18

.027

.821

−.109

.057

.019

−.103

.592

.71

.90

19

.070

.708

.074

.008

.067

−.019

.582

.72

.89

20

−.133

.746

.095

−.032

.095

.122

.651

.74

.89

21

−.072

.838

.019

.029

.058

−.053

.661

.76

.89

22

.038

.011

.132

.721

.043

−.066

.583

.69

.82

23

−.022

.012

−.099

.794

−.041

.104

.625

.69

.82

24

−.013

.023

.079

.781

−.002

−.050

.627

.74

.79

25

−.057

.006

−.118

.799

−.003

.052

.620

.67

.82

26

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

27

.135

.042

.513

.065

.007

.003

.383

.55

.80

28

−.034

−.081

.881

.036

.006

−.011

.713

.75

.74

29

.213

.087

.518

.018

−.092

.044

.474

.60

.79

30

−.176

−.028

.814

.023

−.034

.044

.586

.66

.77

31

.007

.083

.658

−.160

.074

−.064

.449

.54

.81

32

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

  

33

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

34

.767

−.044

−.065

−.079

.045

−.061

.508

.65

.90

35

.807

.036

−.013

.028

.027

−.042

.651

.75

.89

36

.846

.101

−.035

.037

−.004

−.083

.681

.77

.89

  1. Note. aFactor loadings (pattern matrix) and communalities from the final Principal Axis Factor analysis (PAF) with oblique rotation (PROMAX with Kaiser-normalization), corrected item-total correlations, and Cronbach’s α if item deleted for the final BIPS-G item set (32 items); F1, preoccupation with appearance; F2, dissatisfaction with strength-related aspects of the pregnant body; F3, dissatisfaction with body parts; F4, dissatisfaction with complexion; F5, prioritization of appearance over function; F6, concerns about sexual attractiveness; BIPS-G, Body Image in Pregnancy Scale-German version; α, Cronbachs’s alpha; h2, communalities; * reverse-coded items; − items omitted from final analysis; factor loadings on the item’s primary factor are printed in bold type