The 7-item Functionality Appreciation Scale (FAS) measures the extent of an individual’s appreciation of their body for what it can do and is capable of doing. Although the FAS has been widely used in diverse linguistic contexts, it has not been previously translated into Spanish. Here, we examined the psychometric properties of a novel Spanish translation of the FAS in Colombian adults. A total of 1420 university students from Colombia (804 women, 616 men) completed the FAS, as well as additional validated measures. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses in separate subsamples supported a unidimensional model of FAS scores. The FAS evidenced scalar invariance across gender identity, with men having significantly higher FAS scores than women (Cohen’s d = 0.18). FAS scores were also found to have adequate composite reliability, as well as adequate convergent (significant associations with body appreciation, appearance evaluation, and eating disorder psychopathology) and concurrent validity (significant associations with self-esteem, life satisfaction, and gratitude). Functionality appreciation incrementally predicted life satisfaction in women, but not in men. Overall, these results suggest that the Spanish FAS is a psychometrically valid and reliable tool for the assessment of functionality appreciation in university-aged populations from Colombia.

7 项功能评价量表 (FAS) 衡量个人对其身体能力和能力的评价程度。尽管 FAS 已在多种语言环境中广泛使用，但之前尚未被翻译成西班牙语。在这里，我们研究了 FAS 的一种新颖的西班牙语翻译在哥伦比亚成年人中的心理测量特性。共有 1420 名哥伦比亚大学生（804 名女性，616 名男性）完成了 FAS 以及其他经过验证的措施。单独子样本中的探索性和验证性因素分析支持 FAS 评分的一维模型。FAS 证明了跨性别认同的标量不变性，男性的 FAS 分数显着高于女性（Cohen's d = 0.18）。FAS 分数还被发现具有足够的综合可靠性，以及足够的收敛性（与身体欣赏、外表评估和饮食失调精神病理学显着相关）和同时效度（与自尊、生活满意度和感恩显着相关）。对功能的欣赏可以逐渐预测女性的生活满意度，但不能预测男性的生活满意度。总体而言，这些结果表明，西班牙 FAS 是一种心理测量有效且可靠的工具，可用于评估哥伦比亚大学年龄段人群的功能欣赏。