Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Male Body Attitudes Scale (MBAS) among Spanish Adolescent Males
Ana R. Sepúlveda; Dimitra Anastasiadou; Yolanda de Pellegrin; Melissa Parks; Miriam Blanco; Pilar García; Carla Bustos · 2016 · Men and Masculinities
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Abstract
The aim of this study was to examine the factor structure of the Male Body Attitudes Scale (MBAS) among a sample of 212 adolescent males by conducting a confirmatory factor analysis. The data revealed that while muscularity and low body fat factors were appropriate for the male sample, the height factor was not supported. The composite MBAS-Spanish version (MBAS-S) and its two factors had high internal consistency and were not significantly related to the traditionally used measure of body image (Eating Disorder Inventory–Body Dissatisfaction [BD]), confirming that this subscale only appears t
Abstract by Ana R. Sepúlveda; Dimitra Anastasiadou; Yolanda de Pellegrin; Melissa Parks; Miriam Blanco; Pilar García; Carla Bustos, Men and Masculinities (2016) — licensed CC BY 4.0.
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Metadata source: OpenAlex · DOI 10.1177/1097184x16634798