Year: 2017
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Introduction: It is undeniable that how an individual perceive their appearance brings \nsubstantial impact on their quality of life, in terms of their social life, self-esteem and others. \nThe problem has increased the awareness of researchers worldwide to further explore in this \narea. Body Self-Image Questionnaire is developed to measure body image perceptions; \nnonetheless, due to the cultural, language and environmental differences between western and \neastern population, the validity and reliability need to be established before it can be used. \nObjectives: To determine the validity and reliability of the Malay version Body Self-Image \nQuestionnaire among young adults in Malaysia, and to determine the invariance of the \ntranslated Malay version of Body Self-Image Questionnaire among gender in young adults in \nMalaysia. \nMethods: A cross-sectional study involved web-based survey was employed in this study \namong young adults in Malaysia. The study had 2 phases: Phase 1 exploratory factor analysis \n(EFA) and Phase 2 confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and multi-group analysis. Participants \nwere recruited using snowball sampling method. Descriptive, exploratory factor analysis, \nconfirmatory factor analysis and multi group analysis were applied in the statistical analysis. \nResults: A total of 688 respondents participated in this study, Phase 1 EFA consisted 188 \nrespondents; Phase 2 CFA and multi-group analysis consisted 500 respondents. For Phase 1 \nstudy, the majority of the respondents were female (67%), Malay (93.6%), single (80.9%) \nand students (56.4%). Results for EFA showed factor loading of all the items ranged from \n0.329 to 0.921, and communalities ranged from 0.338 to 0.780. The final measurement modelusing CFA had fit indices: CFI = 0.927, TLI = 0.913, SRMR = 0.075, RMSEA = 0.053 \n(90%CI: 0.047, 0.060), CF fit = 0.203. The fit indices were within the acceptable range. The \ncomposite reliability ranged from 0.736 to 0.857. For multi group analysis, weak \nmeasurement invariance was achieved but not strong and strict measurement invariance. \nConclusion: The results of EFA retained all the items and re-grouped them into 4 factors. \nThe final model for Confirmatory Factor Analysis showed good model fit, valid and reliable \nafter removing six items. The translated Malay version of Body Self-Image Questionnaire \nconsisted of four factors with 21 items. The Measurement of Invariance test’s results among \ngender showed that gender is invariant in the measurement models. The questionnaire is valid \nand reliable to be used among young adults in Malaysia. \nKeywords: Body Self-Image Questionnaire, young adults, Malaysia, validity, reliability
Author: Chien Joo Lim
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W3209832980