Translation and Validation of a Brazilian Portuguese Version of the Body Appreciation Scale-2 in Brazilian Adults

Junqueira, Alessandra C. P., Laus, Maria F., de Sousa Almeida, Sebastião, Braga Costa, Telma M., Todd, Jennifer and Swami, Viren (2019) Translation and Validation of a Brazilian Portuguese Version of the Body Appreciation Scale-2 in Brazilian Adults. Body Image, 31. pp. 160-170. ISSN 1873-6807

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Abstract

We examined the psychometric properties of a Brazilian Portuguese translation of the Body Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2; Tylka & Wood-Barcalow, 2015). A sample of 990 Brazilian adults (560 women, 430 men; Mage = 31.10, SD = 8.94) completed the BAS-2 and measures of life satisfaction, self-esteem, actual-ideal weight discrepancy (women only), breast size dissatisfaction (women only), drive for muscularity (men only), and disordered eating behaviours. Exploratory factor analyses indicated that BAS-2 scores reduced to a single dimension with all 10 items in women and men. Confirmatory factor analysis supported the fit of this one-dimensional factor structure following freeing of error covariances between two pairs of items. BAS-2 scores achieved full scalar invariance across sex, and men had significantly higher BAS-2 scores than women. Internal consistency coefficients were adequate and test-retest reliability was supported up to three weeks in a subsample of 221 participants (140 women, 81 men). Evidence of construct validity was demonstrated through positive associations with indices of psychological well-being and negative associations with indices of negative body image and disordered eating behaviours. Availability of a Brazilian Portuguese translation of the BAS-2 should help to promote greater understanding of positive body image in the Brazilian context.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Keywords:	Body appreciation, Test adaptation, Psychometrics, Brazil, Sex invariance
Faculty:	Faculty of Science & Engineering
SWORD Depositor:	Symplectic User
Depositing User:	Symplectic User
Date Deposited:	02 Oct 2019 13:51
Last Modified:	25 Jan 2022 12:18
URI:	https://arro.anglia.ac.uk/id/eprint/704840

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