Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Male Body Attitudes Scale (MBAS) among Spanish Adolescent Males

Abstract

The aim of this study was to examine the factor structure of the Male Body Attitudes Scale (MBAS) among a sample of 212 adolescent males by conducting a confirmatory factor analysis. The data revealed that while muscularity and low body fat factors were appropriate for the male sample, the height factor was not supported. The composite MBAS-Spanish version (MBAS-S) and its two factors had high internal consistency and were not significantly related to the traditionally used measure of body image (Eating Disorder Inventory-Body Dissatisfaction [BD]), confirming that this subscale only appears to evaluate female body concerns. Correlations with psychological well-being variables (anxiety, emotional regulation, and self-esteem) supported the concurrent validity of the instrument. These findings provide further evidence in support of the hypothesis that BD in males has been inappropriately evaluated by measures designed specifically for females. Despite the fact that our

Confirmatory factor analysis of the Drive for Muscularity Scale-S (DMS-S) and Male Body Attitudes Scale-S (MBAS-S) among male university students in Buenos Aires

“…The two-factor, 22-items version used (Sepúlveda et al, 2014) is consistent with previous recommendations on the original factor structure (Blashill & Vander Wal, 2009), and shows excellent levels of internal consistency. In this case, the current sample presented higher scores than the original Spanish sample (Sepúlveda et al, 2014) on the MBAS-S LBF, but no differences were observed among the MBAS-S M scores.…”

“…The two-factor, 22-items version used (Sepúlveda et al, 2014) is consistent with previous recommendations on the original factor structure (Blashill & Vander Wal, 2009), and shows excellent levels of internal consistency. In this case, the current sample presented higher scores than the original Spanish sample (Sepúlveda et al, 2014) on the MBAS-S LBF, but no differences were observed among the MBAS-S M scores. Because of the aforementioned similarities between the current sample and the Spanish sample (Sepúlveda et al, 2015) on the DMS-S scores, it is no surprise that they also show similar results in the MBAS M, since they all assess the desire to become more muscular.…”

“…The main aim of this study was to reassess the factor structure of the DMS-S (Sepúlveda et al, 2015) and the MBAS-S (Sepúlveda et al, 2014) using CFA on a representative sample of adult male university students in Buenos Aires. In both cases, the factor structures were confirmed, and good to excellent levels of internal consistency were observed.…”

“…Each participant completed the DMS-S and MBAS-S. A "back translation procedure" (Balluerka, Gorostiaga, Alonso-Arbiol, & Haranburu, 2007;Muñiz & Bartram, 2007), was carried out during the Spanish adaptation of both scales (Sepúlveda et al, 2014(Sepúlveda et al, , 2015; other characteristics of the DMS-S and MBAS-S were previously described. Each participant also completed the following measures:…”

“…However, the subsequent Spanish version (Sepúlveda et al, 2014) arrived at a two-factor solution, resulting in the elimination of the MBAS H subscale. The stability of the third factor was previously questioned, given that it comprises only two items (Blashill & Vander Wal, 2009), and usually a factor with less than three items is considered weak and unstable (Costello & Osborne, 2005).…”