Publications by authors named "Moises R Mebarak"
The Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) is a widely used self-report measure of subjective well-being, but studies of its measurement invariance across a large number of nations remain limited. Here, we utilised the Body Image in Nature (BINS) dataset-with data collected between 2020 and 2022 -to assess measurement invariance of the SWLS across 65 nations, 40 languages, gender identities, and age groups (N = 56,968). All participants completed the SWLS under largely uniform conditions.
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- The Body Esteem Scale for Adolescents and Adults (BESAA) has been successfully translated and culturally adapted for Spanish-speaking Latin Americans, particularly in Colombia and Nicaragua.
- The study involved testing the scale with 525 Colombian adults and 102 Nicaraguan adults, demonstrating solid internal reliability and validity for assessing body image.
- Findings confirmed a three-factor structure of body esteem alongside measurement consistency across different genders and countries, suggesting that the BESAA-LA is a reliable tool for body image research in Latin America.
The Body Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2) is a widely used measure of a core facet of the positive body image construct. However, extant research concerning measurement invariance of the BAS-2 across a large number of nations remains limited. Here, we utilised the Body Image in Nature (BINS) dataset - with data collected between 2020 and 2022 - to assess measurement invariance of the BAS-2 across 65 nations, 40 languages, gender identities, and age groups.
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