Abstract

BEHAR, Rosa; ARANCIBIA, Marcelo  and  GAETE, María Isabel. Body Image Assessment Instruments in Hispanic Latin American Population (Silhouettes). Rev. Mex. de trastor. aliment [online]. 2021, vol.11, n.1, pp.90-107.  Epub Dec 31, 2021. ISSN 2007-1523.  https://doi.org/10.22201/fesi.20071523e.2020.1.610.

Most of body image assessment techniques have focused on the analysis of their perceptual and subjective components, and there is scant evidence on the utilization of figurative methods with body silhouettes. To describe instruments that estimate the perceptual distortion of body shape, particularly when exposing standardized silhouettes that vary in their corpulence and physical characteristics, analysing the role of this type of measures in clinical, demographic and transcultural studies. A review ofspecialised textbooks and the available literature on the assessment of body image distortion through silhouettes in Medline/PubMed and SciELO was carried out. The analysis showed that silhouettes scales have advantages and limitations. They usually facilitate a fast administration and group data collection in primary prevention contexts; however, validation studies are scarce and their reliability is partial in Spanish-speaking samples. It was concluded that more validation within population studies are needed, primarily from scales already validated at an international level, that allow increasing the evidence of validity and reliability in the research of body image distortion for Hispanic groups.

Keywords : Surveys; Questionnaires; Body image; Hispanic Americans.

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