Development of a culturally relevant body image instrument among urban African Americans
Development of a culturally relevant body image instrument among urban African Americans
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10.1038/oby.2004.204
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2004-10-01
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Ahluwalia, JS
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Pulvers, KM;Lee, RE;Ahluwalia, JS
PULVERS。金·m，丽贝卡·e·李，哈索娜·考尔，马修·s·梅奥，玛丽安·l·菲茨吉本。Shawn k. jeffries, James butler， qingjiang hou和jasjit s. ahluwalia。城市非裔美国人文化相关身体形象工具的发展。Obes Res. 2004；12: 1641 - 1651。目的：通过三个不同的研究，验证城市非洲裔美国人文化相关的身体形象工具。研究方法和步骤：在研究1中，38名医生对该仪器进行了内容效度测试。在研究2中，三名研究人员对283名非裔美国公共住房居民（75%为女性，平均年龄为44岁）的身体形象进行了评分，居民完成了身体形象、BMI和体脂百分比测量。在研究3中，35名非裔美国人（57%为男性，平均年龄42岁）完成了身体形象测量并评估了他们的文化相关性。结果：在研究1中，97%至100%的从业者将混乱的数字按正确的升序排序。身体形象数字与从业人员的体重分类有较高的相关性（r = 0.91）。在研究2中，观察者得出了相似的体型评分，一致性很好（alpha = 0.95）。身体形象评分与参与者的身体质量指数（r = 0.89至0.93，所有参与者的r = 0.81）和体脂百分比（r = 0.77至0.89，所有参与者的r = 0.76）密切相关。在研究3中，新量表的身体形象评分与其他已验证的身材量表呈正相关。大多数参与者报告说，新的身体形象量表中的数字看起来最像他们自己和其他非裔美国人，最容易认同自己。讨论：该仪器显示出强大的心理测量性能和文化相关性，表明该量表是一种很有前途的工具，用于检查非裔美国人的身体形象和肥胖。
PULVERS. KIM M., REBECCA E. LEE, HARSOHENA KAUR, MATTHEW S. MAYO, MARIAN L. FITZGIBBON. SHAWN K. JEFFRIES, JAMES BUTLER, QINGJIANG HOU, AND JASJIT S. AHLUWALIA. Development of a culturally relevant body image instrument among urban African Americans.Obes Res. 2004;12: 1641-1651.Objective: To validate a culturally relevant body image instrument among urban African Americans through three distinct studies.Research Methods and Procedures: In Study 1, 38 medical practitioners performed content validity tests on the instrument. In Study 2, three research staff rated the body image of 283 African-American public housing residents (75% women, mean age = 44 years), with the residents completing body image, BMI, and percentage body fat measures. In Study 3, 35 African Americans (57% men, mean age = 42) completed body image measures and evaluated their cultural relevance.Results: In Study 1, 97% to 100% of practitioners sorted the jumbled figures into the correct ascending order. The correlation between the body image figures and the practitioners' weight classifications of the figures was high (r = 0.91). In Study 2, observers arrived at similar ratings of body size with excellent consistency (alpha = 0.95). Ratings of body image were strongly correlated with participant BMI (r = 0.89 to 0.93 across observers and 0.81 for all participants) and percentage of body fat (r = 0.77 to 0.89 across observers and 0.76 for all participants). In Study 3, body image ratings with the new scale were positively correlated with other validated figural scales. The majority of participants reported that figures in the new body image scale looked most like themselves and other African Americans and were easiest to identify themselves with.Discussion: The instrument displayed strong psychometric performance and cultural relevance, suggesting that the scale is a promising tool for examining body image and obesity among African Americans.