Health Research Centre and Department of Education, University of Almeria, Ctra de Sacramento, s/n, 04120, Almeria, Spain.
School of Psychology, Deakin University, 1 Gheringhap Street, Geelong, Victoria, 3220, Australia.
Body Image. 2020 Dec;35:288-299. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2020.09.015. Epub 2020 Nov 9.
The aim of this study was to examine the cross-country invariance of five well-established measures of body weight and shape concern-related attitudes and behaviors (i.e., drive for leanness, drive for muscularity, strategies to increase muscle, strategies to lose weight, and weight and shape concerns). A secondary objective was to examine the effects of several sociodemographic factors (age, BMI, socioeconomic status, and gender) on item and latent factor scores of these constructs. A total of 6272 emerging adults (4218 women; M = 21.46, SD = 3.11) from Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Italy, Japan, Spain, and the U.S. completed a self-report online survey as part of a larger study. Overall, support for partial invariance both across countries and in terms of the considered sociodemographic factors was found for reduced versions of the five measures. Significant differences in latent means were found across countries, these being of greater magnitude for drive for leanness and strategies to lose weight. The considered sociodemographic factors (most notably BMI and gender) were associated with the latent mean scores of the assessed constructs. The present study contributes to current literature by providing cross-cultural invariant versions of several measures of relevance in the field of body image.
本研究旨在检验五项已确立的与体重和体型关注相关的态度和行为的跨文化不变性（即追求苗条、追求肌肉、增加肌肉的策略、减肥策略和体重和体型关注）。次要目的是检验几个社会人口因素（年龄、BMI、社会经济地位和性别）对这些结构的项目和潜在因素得分的影响。共有来自澳大利亚、比利时、加拿大、中国、意大利、日本、西班牙和美国的 6272 名成年早期参与者（女性 4218 人；M = 21.46，SD = 3.11）完成了一项在线自我报告调查，作为一项更大研究的一部分。总体而言，五项措施的简化版本在国家之间以及考虑到的社会人口因素方面都支持部分不变性。在国家之间发现了潜在均值的显著差异，这些差异在追求苗条和减肥策略方面的差异更大。所考虑的社会人口因素（尤其是 BMI 和性别）与评估结构的潜在均值得分相关。本研究通过提供与体型形象领域相关的几项措施的跨文化不变版本，为当前文献做出了贡献。
