Centre for Appearance Research, University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kindom.
Psychometrics and Measurement Lab, Biostatistics and Health Informatics Department, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College, London SE5 8AB, United Kingdom.
Body Image. 2024 Mar;48:101673. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2023.101673. Epub 2023 Dec 21.
Body image concerns are a global issue among adolescents, including in India. These concerns can prevent adolescents from engaging in everyday life activities, impeding social and academic development. However, at present, there are no psychometrically valid measures to assess such impact in the Indian context. This study culturally adapted and validated the Body Image Life Disengagement Questionnaire (BILD-Q) for use in English among adolescents in urban India. A total of 1427 adolescents completed an adapted version of the BILD-Q along with additional measures pertaining to body image. Exploratory factor analysis identified one dimension of body image life disengagement, which provided the best fit. The 9-item one-factor model was further supported by confirmatory factor analysis. The scale demonstrated good internal consistency and test re-test reliability. Further analysis demonstrated that the scale can be used to compare scores between boys and girls without measurement bias. This study presents a culturally adapted version of the BILD-Q, which can be used as a valid and reliable measure to assess the impact of body image concerns on life disengagement among English-speaking adolescents in urban India.
身体意象问题是全球青少年普遍存在的问题，包括印度。这些问题可能会妨碍青少年参与日常生活活动，阻碍其社会和学业发展。然而，目前在印度背景下还没有经过心理测量验证的有效措施来评估这种影响。本研究对身体意象生活脱离问卷（BILD-Q）进行了文化适应性改编和验证，使其可用于评估印度城市青少年的英语使用情况。共有 1427 名青少年完成了 BILD-Q 的改编版以及与身体意象相关的其他措施。探索性因素分析确定了身体意象生活脱离的一个维度，该维度提供了最佳拟合。验证性因素分析进一步支持了 9 项单因素模型。该量表表现出良好的内部一致性和重测信度。进一步的分析表明，该量表可用于比较男孩和女孩之间的分数，而不会存在测量偏差。本研究提出了 BILD-Q 的文化适应性改编版，可作为一种有效和可靠的测量工具，用于评估身体意象问题对印度城市讲英语的青少年生活脱离的影响。
