Psychometric properties of an Arabic translation of the Breast Appreciation Scale (BrAS) in Lebanese women

The 9-item Breast Appreciation Scale (BrAS) measures the construct of breast appreciation, posited as a facet of the broader positive body image construct. To date, there has been limited assessment of the psychometric properties of the BrAS across national and linguistic groups. To add to the literature on breast appreciation, we assessed the psychometric properties of an Arabic translation of the BrAS. An online convenience sample of 626 cisgender women (age range = 18-50 years) from Lebanon completed the Arabic BrAS along with additional measures of body image, disordered eating, and psychological well-being. Across two split-half subsamples (n = 312 and n = 314, respectively), exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis showed that it was possible to extract a unidimensional model of the BrAS with all nine items. This model of the BrAS had adequate composite reliability in both split-half subsamples. Additionally, the BrAS evidenced good patterns of convergent (positive associations with other indices of positive body image and breast awareness, and negative associations with body dissatisfaction and symptoms of disordered eating) and concurrent validity (positive relationships with gratitude and compassionate self-responding). These results suggest that the Arabic translation of the BrAS retains its robust psychometric properties in Lebanese women.