Brazilian version of the Multidimensional Body-Self Relations Questionnaire-Appearance Scales (MBSRQ-AS): translation and psychometric properties in adults

Translation and Validation of the Brazilian Portuguese Version of the Broad Conceptualization of Beauty Scale With Brazilian Women

“…Higher scores reflect a more positive appearance evaluation. Laus et al (2020) supported the unidimensionality of the Brazilian Portuguese MBSRQ-AE and found that its scores were internally consistent (a ¼ .83) and stable (ICC ¼ .85) across a 3-week interval among Brazilian community women and men. Laus et al also found evidence of convergent validity via the MBSRQ-AE's inverse relationships with self-evaluative salience (i.e., the extent to which appearance adversely affects the participants' life) and internalization of media appearance ideals.…”

“…Appearance evaluation. The Appearance Evaluation subscale of the Multidimensional Body-Self Relations Questionnaire-Appearance Scales (MBSRQ-AE; Cash, 2000; Brazilian Portuguese translation: Laus et al, 2020) was used to measure participants' satisfaction with their appearance. Although Cash's version of the subscale includes seven items, the Brazilian Portuguese version includes only five items (sample item: "I like my looks just the way they are").…”

“…We translated the BCBS into Brazilian Portuguese and investigated the reliability and validity of its scores with a sample of college and community women who are diverse in terms of age, socioeconomic status, and level of education. Despite its cultural focus on appearance, Brazil is underrepresented in body image research (Laus et al, 2020), and to help fill this gap, translations of body image scales have recently been published (e.g., Ibánez et al, 2017;Junqueira et al, 2019). Among Brazilian adolescent girls, sociocultural pressures and internalization of media appearance concerns were related to body dissatisfaction, and body dissatisfaction was linked to disordered eating cross-sectionally and longitudinally (Amaral & Ferreira, 2017).…”

“…Subscale items were averaged, with higher scores reflecting more positive attitudes toward cosmetic surgery. In samples of Brazilian women and men, the Brazilian Portuguese ACSS's three-factor structure was supported, and its items loaded on the Intrapersonal, Social, and Consider subscales as predicted (Swami et al, 2011 Laus et al, 2020) was used to measure participants' satisfaction with their appearance. Although Cash's version of the subscale includes seven items, the Brazilian Portuguese version includes only five items (sample item: "I like my looks just the way they are").…”

Relationship Between Body Image and Psychology Student Confidence at Muhammadiyah University of Gresik

“…(Engelhardt, 2021) From some of the definitions above, it can be concluded that body image is an attitude, feeling, and evaluation that a person has of himself in the form of body size and body shape that lead to physical appearance and how a person perceives himself. (Dauda, 2021) Relevant research that discusses body image generally uses the Multidimensional Body Self-Relation Questionnaire-Appearance Scale (MBSRQ-AS) proposed by Maria Fernanda Laus (Laus et al, 2020) of unattractiveness or attractiveness, dissatisfaction or satisfaction, which is intrinsically related to unhappiness or happiness, and comfort with the overall appearance. Second appearance orientation, which assesses the amount of effort an individual makes to improve and improve his or her appearance.…”