Melisse Bernou, van Furth Eric F, de Beurs Edwin
Novarum Center for Eating Disorders and Obesity, Amstelveen, Netherlands.
Section Clinical Psychology, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands.
Front Psychol. 2022 Dec 1;13:1046075. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1046075. eCollection 2022.
Saudi Arabia experiences elevated levels of body-shape dissatisfaction which might be related to the increased thin ideal. Studies on body-shape dissatisfaction are scarce, mainly because adapted assessment tools are unavailable. This study describes the Saudi-Arabic adaptation of the Body Shape Questionnaire (BSQ34), preliminary examines the psychometric properties and provides normative data.
The BSQ34 was administered in a convenience community sample ( = 867) between April 2017 and May 2018. Receiver-operating-characteristic curve analysis was used to establish discriminant validity, in a subsample ( = 602) in which the Eating Disorder Examination-Shape concern, was administered, the factor structure investigated with confirmatory-factor analyses and -scores and percentile scores were determined.
The BSQ34 discriminated well between low and high levels of body-shape dissatisfaction (area-under-the-curve value = 0.93), had high internal consistency and a unidimensional factor structure, and 23.9% appeared at risk for body-shape dissatisfaction. Analyses were repeated for the shortened BSQ8C, which yielded similar results.
The results indicated that the BSQ34 and BSQ8C appeared suitable measurement tools to screen for body-shape dissatisfaction in a Saudi convenience community sample, mainly comprised young, unmarried, and highly educated women. The BSQ34 supplies more information on the type of concerns respondents have, which is worthwhile when the measure is used in a clinical setting; the BSQ8C is recommended as a short screener. As body-shape dissatisfaction is viewed as a risk factor for the development of eating disorder symptoms, screening for body-shape dissatisfaction with reliable tools is important to detect individuals at risk for eating disorder symptoms and may suggest subsequent preventive steps.
沙特阿拉伯对体型不满的程度较高，这可能与对瘦的理想标准的增加有关。关于体型不满的研究很少，主要是因为缺乏合适的评估工具。本研究描述了《体型问卷》（BSQ34）的沙特阿拉伯语改编版，初步检验了其心理测量特性并提供了常模数据。
2017年4月至2018年5月期间，在一个便利社区样本（n = 867）中施测了BSQ34。在一个子样本（n = 602）中使用接受者操作特征曲线分析来建立区分效度，该子样本还施测了《饮食失调检查-体型关注》，用验证性因素分析研究了因素结构，并确定了T分数和百分位数分数。
BSQ34在低水平和高水平的体型不满之间有很好的区分度（曲线下面积值 = 0.93），具有高内部一致性和单维因素结构，23.9%的人似乎有体型不满的风险。对缩短版的BSQ8C重复进行分析，得到了类似的结果。
结果表明，BSQ34和BSQ8C似乎是在沙特便利社区样本中筛查体型不满的合适测量工具，该样本主要由年轻、未婚和受过高等教育的女性组成。BSQ34提供了更多关于受访者所关注问题类型的信息，在临床环境中使用该测量工具时这是有价值的；建议将BSQ8C作为一个简短的筛查工具。由于体型不满被视为饮食失调症状发展的一个风险因素，使用可靠工具筛查体型不满对于检测有饮食失调症状风险的个体很重要，并且可能提示后续的预防措施。
