Situational Inventory of Body Image Dysphoria (SIBID)

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Chapter 117 - Situational Inventory of Body Image Dysphoria (SIBID)

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 November 2025

Thomas F. Cash and

Tracy L. Tylka

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Virginia Ramseyer Winter ,

Tracy L. Tylka and

Antoinette M. Landor

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Virginia Ramseyer Winter: Affiliation:
University of Minnesota
Tracy L. Tylka: Affiliation:
Ohio State University
Antoinette M. Landor: Affiliation:
University of Missouri

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The 50-item Situational Inventory of Body Image Dysphoria (SIBID; Cash, 1994) assesses negative body image emotions experienced during specific situational contexts. Each item contains a specific situational context (e.g., social gatherings, looking at self in the mirror) and respondents indicate how often they have negative emotional experiences when in these contexts. The SIBID can be administered to adults and adolescents, and it is free to use. There is a 20-item abbreviated form, the SIBID-S. This chapter first discusses the development of the SIBID and SIBID-S and then provides evidence of their psychometrics. The SIBID and SIBID-S are best treated as unidimensional. Internal consistency reliability, test-retest reliability, convergent validity, and predictive validity support the use of the SIBID and SIBID-S. Next, this chapter provides all SIBID and SIBID-S items, the item response scale, and instructions for administration and scoring. Links to known translations are included. Logistics of use, such as permissions, copyright, and contact information, are provided for readers.

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Situational Inventory of Body Image Dysphoria SIBID SIBID-S negative body image body image emotions situational contexts scale development psychometric evidence factor structure reliability validity administration scoring abbreviated form available translations

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Information: Handbook of Body Image-Related Measures , pp. 347 - 349

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009398275.118 [Opens in a new window]

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Print publication year: 2025

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