Translation and validation in Spanish of the Body Image Control in Photographs Questionnaire (BICP-S)

Cecilia Meza-Peña, Mayra L. Gutiérrez-Muñoz

Accepted August 30, 2020

First published August 30, 2020

https://doi.org/10.26387/bpa.288.4

Abstract

Highly visual social networks as Facebook, are related with concerns about body image. There is a limited number of works addressing the control of body image inside these social networks. The main goal of the present study is to adapt and validate in Spanish the Body Image Control in Photos Questionnaire (BICP). The Spanish version of the questionnaire (BICP-S) was administered to a sample of 1155 Mexican adolescents. Exploratory and confirmatory analyses were performed. The obtained model does not replicate the 5-factors proposed originally in Italian population. The results show that the 4-factors model of the BICP-S has good psychometric properties with adequate fit indexes. Gender differences in body image control in photos are genuine. Variability with the original model may be related to cultural and socioeconomic differences of the participants. BICP-S can be a good tool to evaluate the exposure and control of body image in photographs in social networks. Given the body changes of puberty, it is necessary to analyze the possible use of Facebook, as a tool allied to the processes of psychotherapy during this age.

Keywords: Questionnaire validation, Body image, Photo control, Facebook

Translation and validation in Spanish of the Body Image Control in Photographs Questionnaire (BICP-S)

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Meza-Peña Cecilia . Gutiérrez-Muñoz Mayra L. . Translation and validation in Spanish of the Body Image Control in Photographs Questionnaire (BICP-S). BPA Applied Psychology Bulletin. 2020;288(1):44-57. doi:10.26387/bpa.288.1.

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Meza-Peña Cecilia . Gutiérrez-Muñoz Mayra L. . Translation and validation in Spanish of the Body Image Control in Photographs Questionnaire (BICP-S). BPA Applied Psychology Bulletin. 2020;288(1):44-57. doi:10.26387/bpa.288.1.