The Polish version of the Body Image Avoidance Questionnaire: an exploratory structural equation modeling approach

Brytek-Matera, Anna; Rogoza, Radosław

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“…Cronbach’s alpha reliability coefficient for the subscale “consumption desire” used in the study was .62 (excessive body weight: .63, normal body weight: .61). Body Image Avoidance Questionnaire (BIAQ) [ 26 , 41 ] consists of four subscales: clothing and appearance (example: “I wear baggy clothes”), physical appearance (example: “I wear clothes that will divert attention from my weight”), social activities (example: “I do not go out socially if the people I am with will discuss weight”), food and weight preoccupation (example: “I restrict the amount of food I eat”). Cronbach’s alpha coefficient for the subscale “social activity” used in the conducted studies (avoidance of social situations related to food and body exposure) was .90 (excessive body weight: .92, normal body weight: .86).…”

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Food-related behaviours among individuals with overweight/obesity and normal body weight

Brytek-Matera

Czepczor-Bernat

Olejniczak

2018

Nutr J

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BackgroundEmotional eating is a factor associated with a negative body image and other problematic eating behaviours. In this context little is known about differences between individuals with overweight and obesity and those with normal body weight. The main aim of the study was to evaluate the role of emotional eating in the relationship between the desire to consume chocolate and the wish to avoid social situations related to food and body exposures. For this purpose, we tested the direct, indirect and buffer effects. In addition, we used moderated mediation by introducing snacking into the model.MethodsThe study included 123 outpatients with excessive body weight and 123 individuals with normal weight. The mean of body mass index (BMI) in the first group was 30.19 kg/m2 (SD = 4.37) and, in the second, it was 23.02 kg/m2 (SD = 1.20). The Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire, the Attitudes to Chocolate Questionnaire and the Body Image Avoidance Questionnaire were used.ResultsResults show that in all individuals, the greater emotional eating is, the greater the desire for chocolate consumption and avoidance of social situations related to food and body exposures are. In addition, the desire for chocolate consumption are positively associated with avoidance of social situations related to food and body exposures in both group. Among individuals with excessive and normal body weight, emotional eating is a significant mediator in the relationship between desire for chocolate consumption and avoidance of social situations related to food and body exposures. However, it does not moderate the relationship between these variables. Outcomes show that there is a significant model of moderated mediation of the link between social situation–avoidance related to food and body exposure and the desire to consume chocolate through emotional eating, moderated by snacking among individuals with normal body weight. A similar effect has not been discovered in the group with excessive body weight.ConclusionThe presented results show that among people with varied BMI categories, emotional eating is connected to craving chocolate and avoidance of social situations related to food and body exposure that plays only the role of mediation. In addition, snacking is crucial for this relationship among the group with normal body weight.

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Food-related behaviours among individuals with overweight/obesity and normal body weight

Brytek-Matera

Czepczor-Bernat

Olejniczak

2018

Nutr J

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“…BIAQ has a factorial structure: (1) Clothing and appearance (CLO-APP), (2) Social activity (SOC-ACT), (3) Concentration on food and body weight (FO-WEI), (4) Preoccupation with physical appearance (PHYS-APP). In Polish studies ( 44 ), the questionnaire showed excellent internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha = 0.89), and the test-retest ratio was 0.87.…”

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“…The last of the tools used was the Body Image Avoidance Questionnaire (BIAQ) by Rosen et al ( 43 ) in the Polish adaptation by Brytek-Matera and Rogoza ( 44 ). The BIAQ consists of 19 items, and the participant's task is to refer to them on a scale from 5 (“always”) to 0 (“never”).…”

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“…The BIAQ consists of 19 items, and the participant's task is to refer to them on a scale from 5 (“always”) to 0 (“never”). This tool is used to assess the behavioral dimension of the body image, which is related to, i.a., avoiding situations that trigger anxiety about one's own appearance ( 44 ). BIAQ has a factorial structure: (1) Clothing and appearance (CLO-APP), (2) Social activity (SOC-ACT), (3) Concentration on food and body weight (FO-WEI), (4) Preoccupation with physical appearance (PHYS-APP).…”

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The Associations Between the Anorexic Readiness Syndrome, Familism, and Body Image Among Physically Active Girls

2022

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Introduction:Anorexic Readiness Syndrome (ARS) is a construct of prophylactic importance, useful in the selection of people showing a tendency to use restrictive diets and increased concentration on the body. The aim of the research was to verify the significance of the type of physical activity, body perception and familism for the development of ARS.Material and Method: The research was carried out in the first half of 2021on a sample of 163 girls. It consisted of: (1) physically inactive girls (n = 48), (2) physically active girls in disciplines other than aesthetic (n = 69), (3) girls engaged in aesthetic physical activity (n = 46). The study used: Anorexic Readiness Syndrome Questionnaire (ARS-12), Familism Scale (FS) and Body Image Avoidance Questionnaire (BIAQ).Results: The highest average ARS score was recorded in the group of girls engaged in aesthetic activity. A significant difference in the severity of ARS occurs between people who do not engage in activity and those who practice aesthetic activity. The severity of ARS rises as the difference between real and ideal body weight increases. People active in aesthetic disciplines who obtained a high score on the Respect scale (FS subscale) have a lower ARS score than those physically active in other disciplines who obtained low scores on the Respect scale. The higher the score on the Material success and achievement scale (FS), the greater the ARS intensity in all subgroups. What is much more important in shaping ARS is the perception of your body. The focus on eating and body weight and Clothing and appearance (BIAQ subscales) are relevant to the ARS and moderate the relationship between Material success (FS subscale) and anorexic readiness.Conclusions: People engaging in aesthetic physical activity are more likely to suffer from ARS. The family can certainly prevent a child from developing anorexic readiness by shaping a sense of community and family identity, a clear division of roles, limiting the importance of materialism and competition in raising children. The prevention of ARS and eating disorders should also focus on strengthening the realistic assessment of body parameters and their acceptance, as well as promoting strategies for healthy weight control.

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“…Second, it might also be that methodological issues of the BA self-report tool account for the lack of associations in ED. We used the BIAQ that has been developed in student samples and whose original structure has not been replicated in several studies (Legenbauer et al, 2007;Campana et al, 2013;Brytek-Matera and Rogoza, 2016). It has to be considered that within the German version, the original factor structure had not been replicated and that items in relation to eating loaded on a factor that reflects rather control than avoidance (Legenbauer et al, 2007).…”

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The Body Image Approach Test (BIAT): A Potential Measure of the Behavioral Components of Body Image Disturbance in Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa?

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A disturbed body image with fluctuating behavioral patterns of body related avoidance (BA) and body checking (BC) characterizes individuals with eating disorders (EDs) such as anorexia (AN) or bulimia nervosa (BN). So far, these behavioral body image components are mostly assessed via self-report instruments thereby neglecting their behavioral and partially automatic characteristics. Therefore, behavioral measures of BA and BC are needed. The present study investigates a behavioral assessment task for BA and BC in a sample of patients with diagnosed EDs and healthy controls. The sample consisted of 40 women diagnosed with either BN (N = 19) or AN (N = 21; ED sample) and 24 non-eating disordered, healthy female controls (HC). Within the Body Image Approach Task (BIAT) participants viewed photos of their own body (self-image) and a matched control body (other-image) by zooming the photos closer toward them (image became more focused) on the screen. The BIAT yields zoom-levels recorded separately for self-relative to other-images. Further measures were attractiveness ratings of these body images as well as questionnaire measures of BA, BC, and general ED symptomatology. Results showed that despite strong body dissatisfaction and clearly negative ratings of self-relative to other-images in both EDs, no group differences were found in approach to self-images on zoom-level as measured with the BIAT. Correlational analysis in each group indicated that zoom-level was positively related to BA scores in the HC group only. Yet, stepwise regression analyses revealed that attractiveness ratings explained most of the variance accounted by BA in predicting zoom-level. In sum, the BIAT seems suitable to assess BA and self-rated body attractiveness, but only in healthy individuals with subclinical levels on these constructs. It does not seem to capture the body image satisfaction or the behavioral components of body image disturbances in AN or BN or it conflates the opposed influences of BA and BC. Further experimentation is needed to adapt measures of behavioral body image components to the processes evoked in patients with ED during confrontation with body images.

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The Polish version of the Body Image Avoidance Questionnaire: an exploratory structural equation modeling approach

Cited by 12 publications

References 23 publications

Food-related behaviours among individuals with overweight/obesity and normal body weight

Food-related behaviours among individuals with overweight/obesity and normal body weight

The Associations Between the Anorexic Readiness Syndrome, Familism, and Body Image Among Physically Active Girls

The Body Image Approach Test (BIAT): A Potential Measure of the Behavioral Components of Body Image Disturbance in Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa?

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