Development of the Japanese Version of Body Image Concern Inventory

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  • Tanaka Masanori
    Center for Total Human Education and Child Welfare, Nagasaki University
  • Arimura Tatsuyuki
    Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University
  • Tayama Jun
    Center for Health and Community Medicine, Nagasaki University

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  • 日本語版Body Image Concern Inventoryの作成
  • ニホンゴバン Body Image Concern Inventory ノ サクセイ

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Objectives: The purpose of this study is to develop the Japanese Version of Body Image Concern Inventory (J-BICI), which is a self-rating scale to assess a body dysmorphic concern. We evaluated the factor structure, reliability and validity of J-BICI. Method: Subjects were 577 normal undergraduate (male=327, female=250) students. They completed the J-BICI and some other related questionnaires (Dysmorphic concern Examination; DCE, Self-rating Depression Scale; SDS, Drive for Thinness and Bulimia subscale of Eating Disorder Inventory-91; abbreviated EDI-91, Japanese 32item short version of Padua Inventory; J-PI32). Factor analysis using promax lotation method was carried out. Result: Factor analysis was carried out and identified three interpretable factors. These factors were as follows: (1) safety behavior for one's own appearance flaws, (2) avoidant behavior from one's own appearance flaws, (3) negative evaluation for one's own appearance. These factors had high degrees of internal consistency and good test-retest reliability. In addition, there were significant correlation and discrimination between J-BICI and other related questionnaires. Conclusion: In this study, it was shown that J-BICI had good reliability and validity as a measure of body dysmorphic concern.

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