Contribution of body image, eating behavior and health perception for the quality of life of university students: transnational study

• Grant number: 14/03093-2
• Support type: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Effective date (Start): October 01, 2014
• Effective date (End): January 31, 2018
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Nutrition
• Cooperation agreement: Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES)
• 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): 15/00228-7 - Contribution of body image, eating behavior and health perception for the quality of life of university students: transnational study, BE.EP.DR

Abstract

Aim: to estimate the contribution of body image, eating behavior and health perception to the quality of life of Brazilian and Portuguese college students. Methods: college students from a Brazilian and a Portuguese institutions of higher education will participate this study. Data collection will be conducted between 2014 and 2016. The construct 'body image' will be evaluated by the scales "Concern Weight (WCS)", "Concern with body shape (BSQ)" and "Male body dissatisfaction (MBDS)". The eating behavior will be estimated using the "Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire (TFEQ)", the perception of health by "Perceived Health Competence Scale (PHCS)", and the quality of life by the brief version of the scale proposed by the World Health Organization (WHOQOL-bref). Content, construct (factorial, convergent and discriminant), concurrent and divergent validity of the scales will be estimated. The reliability will also be assessed. The confirmatory factor analysis will be conducted and the goodness of fit indices used will be Ç2/df, CFI, NFI and RMSEA. The convergent validity will be calculated by the Average Variance Extracted (AVE). The concurrent and divergent validity will be estimated by principal component analysis. The reliability will be measured by the Composite Reliability (CR) and internal consistency calculated by the standardized Cronbach's alpha coefficient (±). The invariance of the scales when applied to Brazilian and Portuguese students will be evaluated by multigroup analyzes (”Ç2). Structural models will be produced resorting to structural equation modeling (SEM) where the "Quality of life" will be the central construct. The goodness of fit of the model will be determined by the goodness of fit indices (Ç2/df, CFI, NFI and RMSEA) and the significance of the causal paths (²) will be estimated by the z test. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

DA SILVA, WANDERSON ROBERTO; PIMENTA, FILIPA; ZAFFARONI, LUCIA; CASTELNUOVO, GIANLUCA; PIETRABISSA, GIADA; MAROCO, JOAO; SAMUEL MALOA, BENVINDO FELISMINO; DUARTE BONINI CAMPOS, JULIANA ALVARES. Body Image Quality of Life Inventory: cross-national study in college students from four different countries. Eating and Weight Disorders-Studies on Anorexia Bulimia and Obesity, v. 25, n. 4, p. 1079-1088, AUG 2020. (14/03093-2, 15/00228-7)

DA SILVA, WANDERSON ROBERTO; DUARTE BONINI CAMPOS, JULIANA ALVARES; MAROCO, JOAO. Impact of inherent aspects of body image, eating behavior and perceived health competence on quality of life of university students. PLoS One, v. 13, n. 6, JUN 22 2018. (14/03093-2, 15/00228-7)

DA SILVA, WANDERSON ROBERTO; SWAMI, VIREN; NEVES, ANGELA NOGUEIRA; MAROCO, JOAO; OCHNER, CHRISTOPHER N.; DUARTE BONINI CAMPOS, JULIANA ALVARES. The Body Shape Questionnaire Is Not Invariant Across Sex: Evidence From Portuguese-Speaking University Students. PERCEPTUAL AND MOTOR SKILLS, v. 126, n. 3, p. 462-476, JUN 2019. (14/03093-2, 15/00228-7)

WANDERSON ROBERTO SILVA; DAVID COSTA; FILIPA PIMENTA; JOÃO MAROCO; JULIANA ALVARES DUARTE BONINI CAMPOS. Avaliação psicométrica de uma versão unificada em língua portuguesa do Body Shape Questionnaire para uso em estudantes universitárias. Cadernos de Saúde Pública, v. 32, n. 7, 2016-07-21. (14/03093-2, 15/00228-7)

DA SILVA, WANDERSON ROBERTO; SANTANA, MOEMA DE SOUZA; MAROCO, JOAO; SAMUEL MALOA, BENVINDO FELISMINO; DUARTE BONINI CAMPOS, JULIANA ALVARES. Body weight concerns: Cross-national study and identification of factors related to eating disorders. PLoS One, v. 12, n. 7, JUL 7 2017. (14/03093-2, 15/00228-7)

DA SILVA, WANDERSON ROBERTO; MAROCO, JOAO; OCHNER, CHRISTOPHER N.; DUARTE BONINI CAMPOS, JULIANA ALVARES. Male body dissatisfaction scale (MBDS): proposal for a reduced model. Eating and Weight Disorders-Studies on Anorexia Bulimia and Obesity, v. 22, n. 3, p. 515-525, SEP 2017. (14/03093-2, 15/00228-7)

Academic Publications

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

SILVA, Wanderson Roberto da. Contribuição da imagem corporal, comportamento alimentar e percepção de saúde para a qualidade de vida de estudantes universitários – estudo transnacional. 2018. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp). Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas. Araraquara Araraquara.