TY - JOUR
T1 - Measurement of body dissatisfaction in college-enrolled Mexican American Women
T2 - A Rasch-based examination of the validity and reliability of the EDI-III
AU - Stein, Karen Farchaus
AU - Riley, Barth Brian
AU - Hoyland-Domenico, Lisa
AU - Lee, Chia Kuei
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding for this study was provided by the National Institutes of Health , National Institutes of Nursing Research ( R01NR009691 ). NINR had no role in the study design, collection, analysis or interpretation of the data, writing the manuscript, or the decision to submit the paper for publication.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Elsevier Ltd.
PY - 2015/12/1
Y1 - 2015/12/1
N2 - Measures of body dissatisfaction have not been validated for Mexican American (MA) women, who evaluate their bodies differently than Caucasian women. In this study, the psychometric properties of the EDI-III, Body Dissatisfaction Subscale (BDS) were examined in a sample of college-enrolled MA women using the Rasch Rating Scale Model. Criterion validity was also addressed. BDS evidenced good item fit, person and item reliability, once poorly correlated items were removed. Two qualitatively distinct dimensions of body dissatisfaction were identified: (1) overall body shape and stomach, and (2) the lower body. Validity of the scales was supported. Results suggest: MA women's satisfaction with overall body shape is not synonymous with attitudes toward their lower body.
AB - Measures of body dissatisfaction have not been validated for Mexican American (MA) women, who evaluate their bodies differently than Caucasian women. In this study, the psychometric properties of the EDI-III, Body Dissatisfaction Subscale (BDS) were examined in a sample of college-enrolled MA women using the Rasch Rating Scale Model. Criterion validity was also addressed. BDS evidenced good item fit, person and item reliability, once poorly correlated items were removed. Two qualitatively distinct dimensions of body dissatisfaction were identified: (1) overall body shape and stomach, and (2) the lower body. Validity of the scales was supported. Results suggest: MA women's satisfaction with overall body shape is not synonymous with attitudes toward their lower body.
KW - Body dissatisfaction
KW - Eating Disorder Inventory-III
KW - Mexican American women
KW - Rasch analysis
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U2 - 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2015.06.001
DO - 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2015.06.001
M3 - Article
C2 - 26164669
AN - SCOPUS:84936935369
SN - 1471-0153
VL - 19
SP - 5
EP - 8
JO - Eating Behaviors
JF - Eating Behaviors
ER -
