Abstract
The aim of this study was to translate and culturally adapt the Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Scale-4 (SATAQ-4) to the Portuguese language and assess its validity and reliability when applied to Brazilian students. Face, content, and pretest validity were assessed. In order to assess the levels of misunderstanding, a pretest was performed with 91 students from three Portuguese-speaking countries (25 Brazilians, 37 Portuguese, and 29 Mozambicans). Construct validity was estimated using a confirmatory strategy with chi-square by degrees of freedom ratio (χ²/df), comparative fit index (CFI), Tucker-Lewis index (TLI), and root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA). The reliability was estimated. Invariance was estimated for independent samples, for sex and presence/absence of overweight/obesity. Students participating in the pretest understood all the items in SATAQ-4. Participation in the main study included 1,051 Brazilian university students (age = 20.9 years (SD = 2.4), 66.4% women). SATAQ-4 presented adequate validity (χ²/df = 8.39; CFI = 0.98, TLI = 0.98, RMSEA = 0.08) and reliability (Cronbach's alpha = 0.84-0.95) in the sample. The model showed invariance between independent samples and was not invariant according to sex or presence/absence of overweight/obesity. In conclusion, SATAQ-4 is a valid and reliable instrument for a sample of Brazilian university students, as an alternative for assessing sociocultural attitudes towards appearance in this population.
Highlights
Instruções: Por favor, leia cuidadosamente cada um dos the number that best reflects your agreement with the statement
Members encourage me to decrease my level of body fat
I feel pressure from my peers to look in better shape
Summary
Cross-cultural adaptation of the Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Scale-4 (SATAQ-4) applied to university students. O objetivo deste estudo foi traduzir e adaptar culturalmente o Questionário de Atitudes Socioculturais em Relação à Aparência-4 (SATAQ-4) para a língua portuguesa e avaliar sua validade e confiabilidade quando aplicado a estudantes brasileiros. O SATAQ-4 foi selecionado como instrumento de medida por ser capaz de identificar a internalização e as pressões socioculturais em relação à aparência tanto em homens quanto em mulheres, usando a mesma versão do instrumento, facilitando, portanto, sua aplicação em amostras alargadas. Dessa forma, realizou-se este estudo com o objetivo de elaborar uma versão em português do SATAQ-4, adaptando-o culturalmente para a utilização em diferentes contextos da língua portuguesa e avaliar sua validade e confiabilidade quando aplicado à amostra de estudantes universitários brasileiros.
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