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Revista Mexicana de Trastornos Alimentarios

2016, Number 2

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Revista Mexicana de Trastornos Alimentarios 2016; 7 (2)

Adaptation and psychometric properties of Body Esteem Scale in Mexican women and men

Escoto PLMC, Bosques-Brugada LE, Cervantes-Luna BS, Camacho REJ, Díaz RI, Rodríguez HG

Language: Spanish
References: 28
Page: 97-104
PDF size: 309.54 Kb.


ABSTRACT

To explore the relationship between body esteem and psychological adjustment it is important to have valid and reliable measures. However, in Mexico we do not have tools to assess body esteem. The purpose of this study was to analyze the psychometric properties of Body Esteem Scale in females (n = 304) and males (n = 250), the age of participants ranged from 11 to 33 years. The principal axis analysis with oblique rotation derived dos factors with adequate internal consistency for women and men (α = 0.86 to 0.91). The temporal stability of the scale and their factors was acceptable for women (α = 0.66 a 0.75); however, for men, Physical and Sexual Attractiveness factor obtained a lower index than acceptable (α = 0.55). Finally, for women, body esteem correlated with self-esteem, body mass index and fat mass. Body Esteem Scale is a promising measure to assess body esteem in Mexican women; however, construct validity were not entirely confirmed for males. Methodological strengths and limitations of this study, as well as the direction of future research are discussed.


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