Validation of an instrument of body shape concerns applied to female college students

• Grant number: 12/13475-4
• Support type: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Effective date (Start): January 01, 2013
• Effective date (End): May 31, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Nutrition
• Principal researcher: Juliana Alvares Duarte Bonini Campos
• Grantee: Wanderson Roberto da Silva
• Home Institution: Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas (FCFAR). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Araraquara. Araraquara , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 13/02678-4 - Validation of an instrument of body shape concerns applied to female college students, BE.EP.MS

Abstract

Aims: To verify the psychometric qualities of the Portuguese version of the Body Shape Questionnaire (BSQ) when applied to female college students and evaluate the invariance of the model when applied to independent samples and according to nutritional status of the student. Methods: The research sample will consist of all students, female, enrolled in undergraduate courses Pharmaceutical Sciences (n = 202) and Sciences and Linguistics (n = 747) of the Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP Campus Araraquara (SP) in 2012/2013 who consent to participate. The content, construct (factorial, convergent and discriminant) and concurrent validity and internal consistency will be estimated. Confirmatory factor analysis will be performed using X2/df, CFI, GFI and RMSEA. The invariance of better factorial model, estimated based in the information theory index (AIC, BCC, BIC), will be calculated. The invariance will be estimated by multigroup analysis in two stages: i. for independent samples and ii. according to nutritional status of the students. Convergent validity will be estimated by the average variance extracted (AVE) and composite reliability (CR). The discriminant and concurrent validities will be evaluated by correlational analysis. Internal consistency will be estimated by standardized Cronbach's Coefficient Alpha.

Scientific publications

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WANDERSON ROBERTO DA SILVA; JOÃO MARÔCO; JULIANA ALVARES DUARTE BONINI CAMPOS. Avaliação da estrutura fatorial do Body Shape Questionnaire: análise fatorial exploratória ou confirmatória?. Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria, v. 67, n. 3, p. -, Jul. 2018.

WANDERSON ROBERTO SILVA; JULIANA CHIODA RIBEIRO DIAS; JOÃO MAROCO; JULIANA ALVARES DUARTE BONINI CAMPOS. Fatores que contribuem para preocupação com a imagem corporal de estudantes universitárias. Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia, v. 18, n. 4, p. 785-797, Dez. 2015.

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

SILVA, Wanderson Roberto da. Validação de um instrumento de preocupação com a forma corporal aplicado a estudantes universitárias. 2014. 79 f. Master's Dissertation - Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho" Faculdade de Ciencias Farmaceuticas..