title: Stunkard Figure Rating Scale for Brazilian men.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate psychometric assessment of Stunkard Figure Rating Scale (FRS) for Brazilian male population.
  
  
  METHODS
  The sample was composed of a control group (94 students) and a clinical group (20 eating disordered patients). Two questionnaires were applied: the FRS and the Eating Attitudes Questionnaire-26. Weight, height, and body mass index (BMI) were collected in the control group (self-reported) and clinical group (measured). Body dissatisfaction (BD) was calculated by subtraction of ideal body (IB) from the current body (CB) score. The concurrent validity was assessed through the analysis of the correlation between the CB and BD scores and the BMI and the body weight. The discriminant validity was achieved by measurements of association between the groups studied and the scales CB, IB and BD. Reliability was assessed by the comparison of the score averages at two moments and by the intraclass coefficient correlation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The questionnaire had a correlation higher than 0.67 for the measures of weight and BMI. Regarding the CB, IB and BD scores, a significant difference was not observed between the clinical and the control group. There was no difference between the scores for BD at the two moments analyzed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The FRS is stable and capable of correlating with anthropometric measures. Nevertheless, for this population the questionnaire was unable to distinguish between the two groups analyzed.
authors.affiliation: AMBULIM, Eating Disorders Unit of Clinics Hospital, Institute of Psychiatry, University of São Paulo, R. Dr. Ovídeo Pires de Campos, 785, São Paulo, SP, 01060-970, Brazil, maconti@usp.br.
authors.forename: Maria Aparecida
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Conti
authors.forename: Maria Elisa Caputo
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.forename: Pedro Henrique Berbert
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: de Carvalho
authors.forename: Marcela Salim
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Kotait
authors.forename: Ester Soares
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Paulino
authors.forename: Luciana Scarlazzari
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.forename: Paula Costa
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Teixeira
authors.forename: Táki Athanássios
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Cordás
authors.forename: Fernanda Baeza
authors.initials: FB
authors.lastname: Scagliusi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D001828:Body Image / Q000523:psychology*; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001835:Body Weight; D001938:Brazil; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008571:Men / Q000523:psychology*; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult