Brazilian Photographic Figure Rating Scale for Men: Psychometric Investigation

Abstract

As a follow-up to an earlier study from this research group involving women, this study examined the reliability and validity of the Brazilian Photographic Figure Rating Scale for Men (BPFRS-M) for evaluating men's body perception and dissatisfaction. In both versions of the Brazilian Photographic Figure Rating Scale (BPFRS), respondents viewed eight photographic images (seven distorted and one accurate) of themselves in standard poses and then offered self-ratings. In both versions, 10 experts assessed content validity and demonstrated high agreement (defined by ratings of 4-5 on a 5-point scale) that BPFRS items measured underlying constructs: and experts showed high (>70%) interrater agreement. For this version, participants were 149 Brazilian men (Mean = 22.4; SD = 2.7 years). Pearson correlations demonstrated convergence between the BPFRS-M and two related scales of men's body image. Positive correlations ( p = .0001) were found between actual and respondent-perceived body mass index (BMI). Test-retest and Kappa Index confirmed temporal stability. The BPFRS-M can accurately and reliably assess body perception and dissatisfaction in young men.

The Associations Between Breastfeeding Duration and Body Dissatisfaction, Ethnicity, and Obesity Among Mexican Women, a Cross-Sectional Study, ENSANUT 2012

“…Finally, the ENSANUT used the figure rating scale, which is a valid and standard instrument used in the research arena among various populations. 19,22,27,29 The figural rating scale remains a quick and convenient tool for identifying women with body dissatisfaction and could be easily used in clinics or other health services at least as a screening tool to detect potential barriers to reach an optimal breastfeeding.…”

Is body perception associated with specific adaptations to static and dynamic tasks?

“…For tasks of this study photographs and films were made using a Sony Cyber-shot camera and were treated and displayed using an HP Pavilion notebook with 14-inch screen and Photoshop CS3 Extended (Adobe®) image manipulation software. To appraise Static Body Perception, we used the Brazilian Photographic Figure Rating Scale (BPFRS) (Castro et al, 2016). This tool was selected to be ecological once it considers morphological characteristics of young women and your actual images (Swami et al, 2012) of the appraised in two viewing planes.…”

“…The participants was photographed from the front, with arms in a neutral position and, from the side, with shoulders slightly extended and legs spread apart to hip width. Thus, using the individual BMI of each participant and following the guidelines of Castro et al (2016) for each one, a scale composed of 8 juxtaposed silhouettes was built, going from extreme thinness to extreme obesity. This allowed us to calculate frontal and lateral perception indices separately, providing a Frontal Static Perception Index (FSPI) and Lateral Static Perception Index (LSPI) both defined by subtracting the silhouette perceived as representing the actual body from the participant's actual silhouette The value corresponding to zero was parameterized to represent precision in body perception.…”

“…Positive values indicated overestimation of body size and negative values denoted underestimation of body size. (Castro et al, 2016).…”

“…Analogous to BPFRS (Castro et al, 2016), it can be inferred that the higher the SPD value, the greater the difference between the somatotypes compared, where zero is perfect equivalence or perceptual accuracy. In our study, this value translates into the dynamic perceptual index.…”