Editing Body image (section)

=== Questionnaires ===
BASS is a 9-item subscale of the Multidimensional Body-Self Relations Questionnaire. It uses a rating scale from −2 to +2 and assesses eight body areas and attributes and overall appearance (face, hair, lower torso, mid-torso, upper torso, [[muscle tone]], height, and weight).<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Giovannelli|first1=Thorayya Said|last2=Cash|first2=Thomas F.|last3=Henson|first3=James M.|last4=Engle|first4=Erin K.|date=June 1, 2008|title=The measurement of body-image dissatisfaction-satisfaction: is rating importance important?|journal=Body Image|volume=5|issue=2|pages=216–223|doi=10.1016/j.bodyim.2008.01.001|issn=1873-6807|pmid=18463010}}</ref>

Questionnaires can have variable responses. For instance, "Acquiescent response style (ARS), or the tendency to agree with items on a survey, is more common among individuals from Asian and African cultures."<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Fuller-Tyszkiewicz |first1=M. |last2=Skouteris |first2=H. |author-link2=Helen Skouteris |last3=McCabe |first3=M. |last4=Mussap |first4=A. |last5=Mellor |first5=D. |last6=Ricciardelli |first6=L. |year=2012 |title=An evaluation of equivalence in body dissatisfaction measurement across cultures. |journal=Journal of Personality Assessment |volume=94 |issue=4 |pages=410–417 |doi=10.1080/00223891.2012.662186 |pmid=22404741 |s2cid=2008880}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Chen|first1=Chuansheng|last2=Lee|first2=Shin-ying|last3=Stevenson|first3=Harold W.|date=May 1, 1995|title=Response Style and Cross-Cultural Comparisons of Rating Scales Among East Asian and North American Students|journal=Psychological Science|volume=6|issue=3|pages=170–175|doi=10.1111/j.1467-9280.1995.tb00327.x|s2cid=56465998|issn=0956-7976|url=https://escholarship.org/content/qt1b00n182/qt1b00n182.pdf?t=nqcr5a}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Dolnicar|first1=Sara|author-link=Sara Dolnicar|last2=Grün|first2=Bettina|date=April 24, 2007|title=Cross-cultural differences in survey response patterns|url=http://ro.uow.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1262&context=commpapers|journal=International Marketing Review|volume=24|issue=2|pages=127–143|doi=10.1108/02651330710741785|s2cid=12836324 |issn=0265-1335}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Hamamura|first1=Takeshi|last2=Heine|first2=Steven J.|last3=Paulhus|first3=Delroy L.|date=March 1, 2008|title=Cultural differences in response styles: The role of dialectical thinking|journal=Personality and Individual Differences|volume=44|issue=4|pages=932–942|doi=10.1016/j.paid.2007.10.034}}</ref>