Assessing the measurement invariance of a Latin-American Spanish translation of the Body Appreciation Scale-2 in Mexican, Argentinean, and Colombian adolescents

Góngora, Vanesa; Licea, Verónica Cruz; Chams, Moisés R. Mebarak; Thornborrow, Tracey

doi:10.1016/j.bodyim.2020.01.004

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“…This assumption was confirmed. Overlapping findings from the previous studies, this study demonstrated that boys report greater body appreciation compared to girls [20][21][22]. In line with previous studies, we found gender differences of negative body image in the expected direction, with females demonstrating greater body image concerns compared to boys [70].…”

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confidence: 89%

“…This is somewhat surprising considering that adolescence is a critical period in the development of positive and negative body image. Nevertheless, some rare studies on adolescents have replicated findings in adults, concluding that adolescent body appreciation is inversely associated with body dissatisfaction, drive for thinness, sociocultural beauty ideals internalisation and social physique anxiety, and is positively associated with life satisfaction, self-esteem, physical well-being and intuitive eating [20][21][22][23]. Understanding the protective nature of positive body image is important to more deeply investigate the associations between positive body image and a health-related lifestyle, especially participation in physical activity and sports [12,24].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Examining Body Appreciation and Disordered Eating In Adolescents of Different Sports Practice: Cross-Sectional Study

Jankauskienė

Bacevičienė

Trinkūnienė

2020

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This cross-sectional study aimed to examine the associations between body appreciation, body functionality and disordered eating in a large adolescent sample of different levels and types of sports practice. Method: The sample consisted of 1412 adolescents (59.8% were girls). The ages ranged from 15 to 18 years old, with a mean age of 16.9 (SD = 0.5) for girls and 17.0 (SD = 0.4) for boys. Participants completed an anonymous questionnaire assessing the nature of sports participation, body appreciation, body functionality, self-esteem, body dissatisfaction, internalisation of sociocultural beauty ideals and disordered eating. A two-way ANOVA was employed to test the differences in body image concerns, body appreciation, perceived physical fitness and disordered eating behaviours in gender groups and groups of different sport types and levels. Multiple linear regression analyses were performed to predict disordered eating behaviours of different study variables. Results: Participants of leisure and competitive sports reported greater body appreciation, self-esteem and lower body dissatisfaction compared to non-participants. No differences in body appreciation and disordered eating were observed in adolescents involved in weight-sensitive and less weight-sensitive sports. Body appreciation and body functionality were associated with lower disordered eating in adolescent girls not participating in sports, leisure exercisers and participants of competitive sport as well as in boys participating in competitive sports, controlling for body mass index. Adolescent boys demonstrated greater body appreciation compared to girls. Conclusions: The results of this study support the knowledge of the protective role of positive body image preventing dysfunctional eating in adolescent girls of various sports practice and in competitive sports involved boys. Disordered eating prevention and clinical treatment programs for adolescents of different physical activity might benefit from including education about body appreciation and functionality.

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confidence: 89%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Examining Body Appreciation and Disordered Eating In Adolescents of Different Sports Practice: Cross-Sectional Study

Jankauskienė

Bacevičienė

Trinkūnienė

2020

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“…A Latin Spanish translation of the scale was constructed for the Nicaraguan part of the study. This version has since been validated (see Góngora et al, 2020). The present sample demonstrated excellent internal reliability (Cronbach's α = 0.93).…”

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confidence: 61%

“…Previous comparisons of body appreciation within Western contexts have found higher levels of body appreciation and satisfaction among ethnic minority groups which may suggest a degree of cultural "shielding" from mainstream Western ideals (Wildes et al, 2001;Rodgers et al, 2018). Interestingly, the Nicaraguan men's mean BAS scores were higher than those of Mexican, Colombian and Argentinian adolescents (Góngora et al, 2020). There are factors that differentiate Nicaragua from these countries, and which may explain these differences.…”

Section: Country Comparisons Of Men's Body Ideals and Body Imagementioning

confidence: 83%

“…This 10-item scale is rated on a 5-point Likert scale (1 = never, 5 = always), with higher overall or average scores signifying a more positive general body appreciation. It has been used with women and men in both Western and non-Western populations (Tiggemann, 2015;Góngora et al, 2020). A Latin Spanish translation of the scale was constructed for the Nicaraguan part of the study.…”

Section: General Body Appreciationmentioning

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Muscles and the Media: A Natural Experiment Across Cultures in Men’s Body Image

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An increasing number of studies are evidencing relationships between the drive for muscularity and potentially harmful behavioral strategies, such as unhealthy dieting and steroid use amongst men in WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic) populations. As such Western appearance standards proliferate around the world via the media, men who live in other cultural contexts are also at risk of potentially negative effects from aspiring to the "muscular ideal." However, few studies have explored these relationships in non-WEIRD populations. We investigated men's body ideals and body image in two non-WEIRD, non-White populations, Uganda (Africa) and Nicaragua (Central America), and compared them with an ethnically diverse sample of men in the United Kingdom. We also examined whether socio-cultural factors including media and ethnicity, predicted the drive for muscularity and body change behaviors among our participants. Results showed that Ugandan men had the least desire for muscularity relative to men in the United Kingdom. Supporting the Tripartite model we found that media and peer influences significantly predicted the drive for muscularity, particularly among men from White British and Nicaraguan Miskitu ethnic groups. By contrast, Creole / Garifuna and Mestizo men from Nicaragua were more likely to want to increase muscularity relative to Black African men from Uganda. Overall, our findings support previous research in demonstrating that there are cultural differences in the kind of body men desire, and that men from WEIRD and non-WEIRD populations may experience similar pressures to aspire to and attain a muscular body type.

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Incorporating positive body image in therapeutic practice: An overview of construct definitions, concepts and theoretical foundations

Longhurst

2021

Couns and Psychother Res

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… being ourselves pure and not entombed in this which we carry about with us and call the body, in which we are imprisoned like an oyster in its shell (Plato, 250c).Over the past two decades, research has begun to shift its attention towards positive body image, in order to elicit a more holistic and comprehensive account of the concept of body image (for reviews, see Tylka, 2011Tylka, , 2012. Positive body image can be broadly defined by one's love and acceptance of their body and is attained by appreciating the body's uniqueness and functionality (Tylka, 2011(Tylka, , 2012Tylka & Wood-Barcalow, 2015b). Importantly, accumulating evidence suggests positive body image to be associated with outcome variables (e.g. self-esteem, intuitive eating; Avalos & Tylka, 2006;Gillen, 2015;Tylka & Wood-Barcalow, 2015a) either directly or indirectly (e.g. by reducing self-objectification; Menzel & Levine, 2011), over and above aspects of negative body image (Swami, Weis,

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Assessing the measurement invariance of a Latin-American Spanish translation of the Body Appreciation Scale-2 in Mexican, Argentinean, and Colombian adolescents

Cited by 43 publications

References 51 publications

Examining Body Appreciation and Disordered Eating In Adolescents of Different Sports Practice: Cross-Sectional Study

Examining Body Appreciation and Disordered Eating In Adolescents of Different Sports Practice: Cross-Sectional Study

Muscles and the Media: A Natural Experiment Across Cultures in Men’s Body Image

Incorporating positive body image in therapeutic practice: An overview of construct definitions, concepts and theoretical foundations

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