title: The Body Image Concern Inventory: validation in a multiethnic sample and initial development of a Spanish language version.
abstract: Dysmorphic appearance concern encompasses preoccupation with a perceived appearance defect, defect checking and camouflaging, and social avoidance. The current study sought to evaluate the internal consistency, factor structure, and convergent validity of a measure of dysmorphic appearance concern, the Body Image Concern Inventory, as well as evaluate the psychometric properties of a Spanish version of the instrument. Women recruited as part of a reproductive clinic-based clinical trial completed the BICI and other self-report measures of distress. A total of 1043 women completed the measures in English (M=29 years, range=18-55 years) and 573 women completed the measures in Spanish (M=32 years, range=18-55 years). Both the English and Spanish BICI were internally consistent and correlated moderately with measures of current psychological distress (STAI-S, CES-D). Confirmatory factor analyses replicated the measure's proposed factor structure. Applications of the BICI for future research are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Sam Houston State University, Campus Box 2447, Huntsville, TX 77341, United States. littletonh@ecu.edu
authors.forename: Heather
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Littleton
authors.forename: Carmen Radecki
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Breitkopf