Abstract

MEZA PENA, Cecilia et al. Testing the 4 Factor Hierarchical Model for the Body Attitude Test in Mexican Women. Acta de investigación psicol [online]. 2020, vol.10, n.2, pp.91-103.  Epub Mar 05, 2021. ISSN 2007-4719.  https://doi.org/10.22201/fpsi.20074719e.2020.2.349.

The Body Attitude Test (BAT) was developed to evaluate the subjective experience and the attitudes towards the own body in a clinical sample of women with eating disorders. Objective. This study takes the Spanish version of the BAT and analyzes its factorial structure, internal consistency and invariance in a sample of Mexican women. Method. A confirmatory factorial analysis was used to evaluate the underlying factor structure and identify the construct validity of the measurement model, as well as an analysis of the factorial invariance. Participants. The sample consisted of 571 women with an average age of 15.2 (SD=2.51). Results. The internal consistency analysis showed a high reliability for the set of 20 items equal to the original proposal. The tetrafactorial structure was confirmed in the total of the sample through a cross-validation, dividing the sample into pairs and odds with adequate goodness-of-fit values (x2 / df = 3.615, RMSEA = .068, CFI = .917, TLI = .903, IFI = .917, NFI = .889). The modeled structure was strictly invariant in the analyzed groups of preadolescents and adolescents. Conclusions. It is concluded that the BAT possesses psychometric properties appropriate for the nonclinical population of women, however, future investigations that include a clinical population are required.

Keywords : Women; Body; Attitudes; Psychometric Properties.