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Table 1 The Offer Self-Image Questionnaire, Revised (OSIQ-R)

From: Development of self-image and its components during a one-year follow-up in non-referred adolescents with excess and normal weight

  Girls/BL CA Girls/FU CA Boys/BL CA Boys/FU CA
  EW NW EW NW EW NW EW NW
Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD)
Total Self-Image Scale (113 items) 0.93 0.91 0.92 0.93
Overall self-image 2.60 (0.56) 2.70 (0.56) 2.52 (0.51) 2.53 (0.52) 2.40 (0.48) 2.25 (0.46) 2.35 (0.50) 2.17 (0.50)
OSIQ-R Component Scales         
Emotional Tone (10 items) 0.87 0.89 0.85 0.90
The degree of affective harmony within the structure 2.59 (0.77) 2.77 (0.82) 2.56 (0.85) 2.60 (0.83) 2.16 (0.70) 2.04 (0.61) 2.15 (0.66) 1.95 (0.61)
Impulse Control (9 items) 0.75 0.72 0.71 0.79
The extent to which an adolescent’s egois strong enough to handle various pressures without resorting to unacceptable tension-discharging actions 2.77 (0.67) 2.89 (0.62) 2.63 (0.61) 2.68 (0.59) 2.33 (0.58) 2.22 (0.55) 2.32 (0.59) 2.08 (0.63)
Mental Health (13 items) 0.84 0.77 0.74 0.77
Emotional health in terms of the relative absence of psychopathological thought processes 2.49 (0.71) 2.55 (0.72) 2.43 (0.69) 2.38 (0.58) 2.27 (0.56) 2.15 (0.60) 2.16 (0.56) 2.00 (0.57)
Social Functioning (9 items) 0.83 0.82 0.76 0.77
Patterns of interpersonal relationships and friendships 2.52 (0.85) 2.51 (0.79) 2.47 (0.89) 2.33 (0.62) 2.30 (0.62) 2.16 (0.60) 2.24 (0.72) 2.10 (0.53)
Family Functioning (19 items) 0.92 0.90 0.88 0.88
An adolescent’s feelings about, and relationships with, his or her parents 2.35 (0.77) 2.59 (0.82) 2.26 (0.70) 2.51 (0.77) 2.28 (0.63) 2.11 (0.65) 2.26 (0.62) 2.10 (0.63)
Vocational Attitudes (10 items) 0.67 0.69 0.69 0.76
The degree of confidentiality an adolescent feels in learning about and planning for a vocation 2.36 (0.56) 2.49 (0.52) 2.39 (0.54) 2.32 (0.55) 2.24 (0.55) 2.12 (0.47) 2.22 (0.62) 2.11 (0.53)
Self-Confidence (10 items) 0.77 0.77 0.71 0.83
An adolescent’s capacity to adapt to his/her immediate environment 2.66 (0.64) 2.67 (0.64) 2.57 (0.62) 2.52 (0.68) 2.43 (0.63) 2.27(0.53) 2.36 (0.64) 2.15 (0.64)
Self-Reliance (14 items) 0.59 0.61 0.55 0.73
An adolescent’s ability to cope with himself or herself, other people, and his or her own world 2.97 (0.51) 3.00 (0.45) 2.92 (0.51) 2.86 (0.46) 2.77 (0.50) 2.72 (0.44) 2.75 (0.55) 2.56 (0.60)
Body image (9 items) 0.81 0.81 0.83 0.86
The extent to which an adolescent has adjusted to his or her body 3.08 (0.79) 2.95 (0.76) 2.88 (0.75) 2.64 (0.75) 2.64 (0.76) 2.08 (0.62) 2.56 (0.80) 2.05 (0.66)
Sexuality (10 items) 0.79 0.74 0.73 0.67
An adolescent’s feelings, attitudes, and behavior towards to opposite sex 2.78 (0.74) 2.84 (0.54) 2.66 (0.73) 2.50 (0.47) 2.47 (0.63) 2.22 (0.56) 2.31 (0.56) 2.07 (0.45)
Ethical values (10 items) 0.52 0.54 0.65 0.73
The extent to which the conscience has developed 2.51 (0.60) 2.62 (0.53) 2.44 (0.63) 2.44 (0.46) 2.59 (0.60) 2.50 (0.62) 2.49 (0.66) 2.46 (0.67)
Idealism (6 items) 0.54 0.62 0.58 0.62
An adolescent’s ideals and his or her willingness to help others 3.06 (0.62) 3.25 (0.61) 3.13 (0.59) 3.20 (0.72) 3.27 (0.69) (0.71) 3.50 (0.73) 3.47 (0.71)
  1. A short description of the scales. Cronbach’s alpha (CA) was used as the reliability measure at baseline (BL) and on follow-up (FU) among girls (n = 78) and boys (n = 88). Means and standard deviations (SD) of the OSIQ-R scores are shown among girls with excess (n = 38) and normal weight (n = 40) and among boys with excess (n = 42) and normal weight (n = 46).
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