Appearance Schemas Inventory-Revised (ASI-R)
Description
The ASI-R is a revised version of the original Appearance Schemas Inventory by Cash and Labarge (1996). The AIS-R evaluates someone’s psychological investment in their physical appearance. This 20-item questionnaire consists of two subscales: Self-Evaluative Salience (12 items) and Motivational Salience (8 items).The ASI-R is a revised version of the original Appearance Schemas Inventory by Cash and Labarge (1996). The AIS-R evaluates someone’s psychological investment in their physical appearance. This 20-item questionnaire consists of two subscales: Self-Evaluative Salience (12 items) and Motivational Salience (8 items).
Test Features
Administration details
Administration type: Self-report
Timeframe:
Not specified.
Approx time: 0-5 minutesAccessing the assessment and manual information
Access information:
- Cash, T. F., Melnyk, S. E., & Hrabosky, J. I. (2004). The assessment of body image investment: an extensive revision of the appearance schemas inventory. The International Journal of Eating Disorders, 35(3), 305–316. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.10264
License details
Free to Use?
No
License details:- The ASI-R costs $20 USD to purchase. Please see the link here: http://www.body-images.com/assessments/order.html
Reliability and Validity
Note: Listed publications are for the English version of the assessment only
- Cash, T. F., & Grasso, K. (2005). The norms and stability of new measures of the multidimensional body image construct. Body Image, 2(2), 199-203. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2005.03.007
- Rusticus, S. A., & Hubley, A. M. (2005, August). Validation of two body image measures for men and women. In Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association (APA), Washington, DC, USA. http://www.hubleylab.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/bodyimage_apa-2005.pdf
Norm information
Healthy control/general population norms:
- Some norm scores are included in the ASI-R manual.
- USA - college students: Cash, T. F., & Grasso, K. (2005). The norms and stability of new measures of the multidimensional body image construct. Body Image, 2(2), 199-203. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2005.03.007
Further information:
The ASI-R is also available in Greek