TY - JOUR
T1 - Factor structure of the body image concern inventory in a Japanese sample
AU - Tanaka, Masanori
AU - Tayama, Jun
AU - Arimura, Tatsuyuki
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) 2011–2013 (Grant Number 23730658 ) issued by the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science . The funding organization played no role in any stage of this study.
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© 2014 Elsevier Ltd.
PY - 2015/3/1
Y1 - 2015/3/1
N2 - The purpose of this study was to investigate the factor structure of the Body Image Concern Inventory (BICI) using a Japanese population as a web-based survey. Two thousand and sixty individuals (1030 women, 1030 men) ranging from 20 to 69 years of age (. M=. 40, SD=. 16) took part in the present research. A confirmatory factor analysis showed that the second-order factor model of the BICI, which had three first-order factors and one second-order factor of dysmorphic appearance concern was an adequate fit to the data. Additionally, the Cronbach's alpha values of the overall and three subscales of the BICI were adequate. Furthermore, measurement invariance tests revealed that the second-order factor model of the BICI had acceptable measurement invariance at the scale and factor-loading levels between genders. These findings suggested that the BICI was reliable, and able to compare its mean scores between women and men in Japan.
AB - The purpose of this study was to investigate the factor structure of the Body Image Concern Inventory (BICI) using a Japanese population as a web-based survey. Two thousand and sixty individuals (1030 women, 1030 men) ranging from 20 to 69 years of age (. M=. 40, SD=. 16) took part in the present research. A confirmatory factor analysis showed that the second-order factor model of the BICI, which had three first-order factors and one second-order factor of dysmorphic appearance concern was an adequate fit to the data. Additionally, the Cronbach's alpha values of the overall and three subscales of the BICI were adequate. Furthermore, measurement invariance tests revealed that the second-order factor model of the BICI had acceptable measurement invariance at the scale and factor-loading levels between genders. These findings suggested that the BICI was reliable, and able to compare its mean scores between women and men in Japan.
KW - Confirmatory factor analysis
KW - Japan
KW - Measurement invariance
KW - Web-based survey
KW - body image concern inventory (BICI)
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U2 - 10.1016/j.bodyim.2014.09.007
DO - 10.1016/j.bodyim.2014.09.007
M3 - Article
C2 - 25528368
AN - SCOPUS:84924953836
SN - 1740-1445
VL - 13
SP - 18
EP - 21
JO - Body Image
JF - Body Image
ER -