Resumo: O objetivo deste estudo foi traduzir e adaptar culturalmente o Questionário de Atitudes Socioculturais em Relação à Aparência-4 (SATAQ-4) para a língua portuguesa e avaliar sua validade e confiabilidade quando aplicado a estudantes brasileiros. Realizou-se a validação de face, de conteúdo e pré-teste. Para a avaliação do índice de incompreensão, participaram do pré-teste 91 estudantes de três países de língua portuguesa (25 brasileiros, 37 portugueses e 29 moçambicanos). A validade de construto foi estimada utilizando-se estratégia confirmatória com os índices razão de qui-quadrado pelos graus de liberdade (χ²/gl), comparative fit index (CFI), Tucker-Lewis index (TLI) e root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA). A confiabilidade foi estimada. A invariância foi estimada para amostras independentes, para o sexo e presença/ausência de sobrepeso/obesidade. Todos os itens do SATAQ-4 foram compreendidos pelos estudantes do pré-teste. No estudo principal, participaram 1.051 universitários brasileiros (idade = 20,9 anos; DP = 2,4; 66,4% mulheres). O SATAQ-4 apresentou adequada validade (χ²/gl = 8,39; CFI = 0,98; TLI = 0,98; RMSEA = 0,08) e confiabilidade (alfa de Cronbach = 0,84-0,95) na amostra. O modelo apresentou invariância entre amostras independentes e foi não invariante segundo sexo e presença/ausência de sobrepeso/obesidade. Conclui-se que o SATAQ-4 é um instrumento válido e confiável para amostra de universitários brasileiros, sendo uma alternativa para a avaliação das atitudes socioculturais em relação à aparência nesta população.

The aim of the study was to verify the influence of pressure from sociocultural agents on dissatisfaction with face and body in young women mediated by the internalization of the lean and muscular body and to identify the contribution of individual characteristics to this model. A total of 612 university female students participated of study. The students completed the Portuguese versions of the Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire-4 and of the Body Area Scale-Revised and a sociodemographic questionnaire. A hypothetical model was constructed using structural equation modeling to test the relationship between the variables. The model fit and the significance of the hypothetical paths were verified. The results provide evidence that the greater the pressure of sociocultural agents and the internalization of the lean body, the more women were dissatisfied with body and face appearance. The media contributed to a greater internalization of the muscular body, which reduced the body dissatisfaction. The practice of physical activity and a higher economic level contributed to a greater internalization of the muscular body, which reduced body dissatisfaction. A higher economic level also influenced the internalization of the lean body and increased the dissatisfaction with face and body. A higher body mass index contributed to a greater pressure from sociocultural agents, greater internalization of the lean body, and greater dissatisfaction with body and face. The relationships identified in the model can contribute to the development of strategies aimed at reducing body dissatisfaction and eating disorders in the population, such as body acceptance.

Objective This study aimed to estimate the psychometric properties of the Body Area Scale (BAS) applied to a sample of Brazilian university students to support the validity and reliability of the obtained data. Methods We performed confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) using the Comparative Fit index (CFI), Tucker-Lewis index (TLI), and Root Mean Square Error of Approximation (RMSEA). We calculated the average variance extracted (AVE), composite reliability (CR), and ordinal alpha coefficient (α). All estimates were calculated separately for women and men. A thousand students participated (women = 64.0%, mean [M] age = 20.92, standard deviation [SD] = 2.40 years; body mass index (BMI) M = 23.24, SD = 3.97 kg/m2). Results Considering the CFA results, the original unifactorial model (24 items) did not fit data for women and men. Instead, the two-factorial model with 19 items had adequate fit for male and female samples (CFI = 0.922-0.958; TLI = 0.912-0.952; RMSEA = 0.090-0.096), as well as good convergent validity (AVE = 0.536-0.668) and reliability (CR = 0.920-0.952; α = 0.916-0.948). Once BAS was proposed to evaluate satisfaction/dissatisfaction with one’s own body, and considering the reformulation of the factorial model, we proposed a new name for the instrument: Body Appearance (Dis)Satisfaction Scale (BAS-R). Conclusion Professionals can now include the BAS-R in future protocols to evaluate satisfaction/dissatisfaction with the body in Brazilian students.