Abstract

ESCOTO PONCE DE LEON, María del Consuelo et al. Adaptation and psychometric properties of Body Esteem Scale in Mexican women and men. Rev. Mex. de trastor. aliment [online]. 2016, vol.7, n.2, pp.97-104. ISSN 2007-1523.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmta.2016.08.001.

To explore the relationship between body esteem and psychological adjustment it is important to have valid and reliable measures. However, in Mexico we do not have tools to assess body esteem. The purpose of this study was to analyze the psychometric properties of Body Esteem Scale in females (n = 304) and males (n = 250), the age of participants ranged from 11 to 33 years. The principal axis analysis with oblique rotation derived dos factors with adequate internal consistency for women and men (α = 0.86 to 0.91). The temporal stability of the scale and their factors was acceptable for women (α = 0.66 a 0.75); however, for men, Physical and Sexual Attractiveness factor obtained a lower index than acceptable (α = 0.55). Finally, for women, body esteem correlated with self-esteem, body mass index and fat mass. Body Esteem Scale is a promising measure to assess body esteem in Mexican women; however, construct validity were not entirely confirmed for males. Methodological strengths and limitations of this study, as well as the direction of future research are discussed.

Keywords : Body esteem; Body image; Exploratory factor analysis; Validity; Reliability.

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