Abstract

VAZQUEZ-AREVALO, Rosalia; VALDEZ AGUILAR, Mariana; LOPEZ AGUILAR, Xóchitl  and  MANCILLA-DIAZ, Juan Manuel. Instruments for the evaluation of sociocultural influences in the internalization of body ideals in the hispanic population. Rev. Mex. de trastor. aliment [online]. 2021, vol.11, n.1, pp.76-89.  Epub Dec 31, 2021. ISSN 2007-1523.  https://doi.org/10.22201/fesi.20071523e.2020.1.614.

The aim of this article was to analyze the use of the Questionnaire of Sociocultural Influences on the Aesthetic Body Shape Model (CIMEC) and The Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire (SATAQ) in Hispanic literature. The background and validations of each questionnaires are presented, as well as examples of their use in spanish-speaking countries. The CIMEC has two long versions of 40-items, the short version of 17-items for men and the one of 26-items for women. Regard the SATAQ, five versions were found, the first of 11-items, and the last version of the SATAQ-4R, which is the only version that has a differentiation between men and women and has 31 and 28 items respectively. To analyze the psychometric properties of the instruments, the exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis were used. It is concluded that the CIMEC is the most used instrument in Latin America and it has been worked to reduce the number of items, since its creation it has included the influence of advertising, peers and family, as well as, internalizing the musculature/ thinness; while the SATAQ, has increased its items, considering aspects such as peer pressures, family, and muscle/ thinness stereotypes, currently the two questionnaires have very similar contents.

Keywords : sociocultural influences; aesthetic body model; Hispanic population; SATAQ CIMEC.

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