Estudo da estrutura fatorial e das qualidades psicométricas da versão portuguesa da Male Body Attitude Scale-Revised

Cláudia Ferreira; Joana Marta-Simões; Sara Oliveira; João Duarte

doi:10.31211/rpics.2018.4.2.74

Authors

Cláudia Ferreira Centro de Investigação do Núcleo de Estudos e Intervenção Cognitivo-Comportamental Faculdade de Psicologia e Ciências da EducaçãoUniversidade de Coimbra, Portugal http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7020-9606
Joana Marta-Simões Centro de Investigação do Núcleo de Estudos e Intervenção Cognitivo-Comportamental Faculdade de Psicologia e Ciências da EducaçãoUniversidade de Coimbra, Portugal http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7807-8575
Sara Oliveira Centro de Investigação do Núcleo de Estudos e Intervenção Cognitivo-Comportamental Faculdade de Psicologia e Ciências da EducaçãoUniversidade de Coimbra, Portugal http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2524-918X
João Duarte Centro de Investigação do Núcleo de Estudos e Intervenção Cognitivo-Comportamental Faculdade de Psicologia e Ciências da EducaçãoUniversidade de Coimbra, Portugal http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9573-8961

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31211/rpics.2018.4.2.74

Keywords:

Confirmatory analysis, body image, muscularity, body fat, men, assessment measures

Abstract

Background & Objectives: Literature has shown that body image is a central dimension of self- and hetero-evaluation, and a focus of concern, not only for women but also for men. Several authors have argued the need for more significant investment in the development and validation of assessment measures of male body image, given that men and women are significantly different regarding their body image concerns. The Male Body Attitude Scale-Revised(MBAS-R) was explicitly designed for the male population and aims to evaluate attitudes and concerns regarding body image. The present study aimed at studying the factor structure and psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of MBAS-R. Method: The present study used a sample composed of 222 men form the general male Portuguese population, aged between 18 and 65. Results: Results of a series of confirmatory factor analyses showed the adequacy of the Portuguese version of MBAS-R (12-items), with a two-factor structure (muscularity and body fat). The analysis of the items of the Portuguese version of MBAS-R revealed that all items' consistency contributes to the respective subscale, as well as the global measure. Additionally, both the global scale and its subscales revealed good internal consistency. Results also showed that body image attitudes and concerns measured by the MBAS-R associated positively with external shame, body image shame, and eating inflexibility. Conclusions: Results suggest that the MBAS-R is a brief and valid measure to assess and characterize male body image concerns, both globally and specifically, i.e., regarding two different central dimensions of body image in this population (muscularity and body fat).

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