Factorial Invariance of the Body Image Anxiety Scale Questionnaire on Health and Social Sciences Mexican College Students

Martha Ornelas; Luis H. Blanco; Jose Rene Blanco; Miguel Conchas Ramirez; Judith M. Rodriguez-Villalobos

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Factorial Invariance of the Body Image Anxiety Scale Questionnaire on Health and Social Sciences Mexican College Students

Martha Ornelas, Luis H. Blanco, Jose Rene Blanco, Miguel Conchas Ramirez, Judith M. Rodriguez-Villalobos

Published in American Journal of Applied Psychology (Volume 5, Issue 6)

Received: 28 October 2016 Accepted: 18 November 2016 Published: 21 December 2016

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Abstract

The present study analyzes the psychometric properties of the Body Image Anxiety Scale (BIAS) trait-version test on Health and Social Sciences college students. The total sample included 1,113 participants: 524 Health Sciences students and 589 Social Sciences students with an average age of 18.20 years (SD=0.72) and 18.24 years (SD=0.74) respectively. The exploratory and confirmatory factorial analyses showed a viable and adequate bifactorial structure for both, Health Sciences and Social Sciences, populations according to the established psychometric requirements set when the informants are the students themselves. Furthermore, the factorial structure, loads, and intercepts are invariant in both groups; nevertheless, there are average weight differences between both populations.

Published in	American Journal of Applied Psychology (Volume 5, Issue 6)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajap.20160506.12
Page(s)	44-50
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
Copyright	Copyright © The Author(s), 2016. Published by Science Publishing Group

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Anxiety, Factorial Structure, Measurement Invariance, Multi-Sample Confirmatory Factorial Analysis

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Martha Ornelas, Luis H. Blanco, Jose Rene Blanco, Miguel Conchas Ramirez, Judith M. Rodriguez-Villalobos. Factorial Invariance of the Body Image Anxiety Scale Questionnaire on Health and Social Sciences Mexican College Students. Am J Appl Psychol. 2016;5(6):44-50. doi: 10.11648/j.ajap.20160506.12

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Martha Ornelas

Faculty of Physical Culture Sciences, Autonomous University of Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico
Luis H. Blanco

Faculty of Physical Culture Sciences, Autonomous University of Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico
Jose Rene Blanco

Faculty of Physical Culture Sciences, Autonomous University of Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico
Miguel Conchas Ramirez

Faculty of Physical Culture Sciences, Autonomous University of Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico
Judith M. Rodriguez-Villalobos

Faculty of Physical Culture Sciences, Autonomous University of Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico

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