title: Assessment of body image: psychometric properties of the Body Image Questionnaire.
abstract: This study investigated the psychometric properties of the Body Image Questionnaire (QÜIC) in Spanish adolescents. The sample comprised 254 girls and 189 boys, aged 12-15. Principal component analyses showed that the 18 satisfaction items could be summarized using two moderately interrelated dimensions, torso and head/limbs, with satisfaction with chest/breast and genitals loading on a different factor for boys (torso) and girls (head/limbs). The QÜIC measures of body satisfaction, body problems, general physical appearance and conformity with weight and height presented satisfactory test-retest reliability, internal consistency and convergent validity. Our findings support the use of the QÜIC when assessing body image.
authors.affiliation: Laboratori d'Estadística Aplicada, Departament de Psicobiologia i Metodologia de les Ciències de la Salut, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Penelo
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Espinoza
authors.forename: Mariona
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Portell
authors.forename: Rosa M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Raich
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D001827:Body Height; D001828:Body Image; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D025341:Principal Component Analysis; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012737:Sex Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires