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Psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the Weight Self-Stigma Questionnaire (S-WSSQ) in a sample of participants with obesity seeking weight loss treatment.

dc.contributor.authorMagallares, Alejandro
dc.contributor.authorde Valle, Pilar Benito
dc.contributor.authorIrles, José Antonio
dc.contributor.authorRecio, Patricia
dc.contributor.authorJáuregui-Lobera, Ignacio
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-03T14:32:04Z
dc.date.available2023-05-03T14:32:04Z
dc.date.issued2022-11-25
dc.description.abstractWeight self-stigma may be defined as a self-devaluation due to one's identification with the group of people with obesity. The Weight Self-Stigma Questionnaire (WSSQ) is an instrument specifically designed to measure weight self-stigma in populations with overweight or obesity. The objective of this study was to adapt the WSSQ to the Spanish population (S-WSSQ) following the guidelines for cross-cultural adaptations. The sample comprised 165 participants with obesity seeking weight loss treatment (65% women) at the "Hospital de Valme" (Seville, Spain). Scales to measure life satisfaction, self-esteem, positive and negative affect, and antifat attitudes were used to analyze the convergent and divergent validity of the S-WSSQ. A confirmatory factor analysis showed adequate values of the goodness of fit indexes of a two-factor model (χ2/df = 2.01 CFI = 0.92, IFI = 0.92, SRMR = 0.08, RMSEA = 0.078), replicating the structure found by the original authors. Cronbach's alphas of the two factors were 0.76 (self-devaluation) and 0.77 (fear of enacted stigma). Composite Reliability values were 0.72 (self-devaluation) and 0.76 (fear of enacted stigma). Self-devaluation and fear of enacted stigma were negatively related to self-esteem, and positive affect, and positively related to negative affect and antifat attitudes. Finally, life satisfaction was negatively correlated to fear of enacted stigma. Based on these results, it is concluded that the S-WSSQ has good psychometric properties and might be used by the Spanish-speaking scientific community to measure weight self-stigma. Level V, descriptive study.
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s40519-022-01511-6
dc.identifier.essn1590-1262
dc.identifier.pmcPMC9803612
dc.identifier.pmid36434471
dc.identifier.pubmedURLhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9803612/pdf
dc.identifier.unpaywallURLhttps://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s40519-022-01511-6.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10668/21764
dc.issue.number8
dc.journal.titleEating and weight disorders : EWD
dc.journal.titleabbreviationEat Weight Disord
dc.language.isoen
dc.organizationHospital Universitario Virgen Macarena
dc.organizationÁrea de Gestión Sanitaria Sur de Sevilla
dc.organizationÁrea de Gestión Sanitaria Sur de Sevilla
dc.organizationAGS - Sur de Sevilla
dc.organizationAGS - Sur de Sevilla
dc.page.number3685-3693
dc.pubmedtypeJournal Article
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International
dc.rights.accessRightsopen access
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectAffect
dc.subjectAntifat attitudes
dc.subjectLife satisfaction
dc.subjectObesity
dc.subjectOverweight
dc.subjectSelf-esteem
dc.subjectWeight Self-Stigma Questionnaire
dc.subjectWeight stigma
dc.subject.meshHumans
dc.subject.meshFemale
dc.subject.meshMale
dc.subject.meshBody Weight
dc.subject.meshPsychometrics
dc.subject.meshReproducibility of Results
dc.subject.meshObesity
dc.subject.meshSurveys and Questionnaires
dc.subject.meshWeight Loss
dc.titlePsychometric properties of the Spanish version of the Weight Self-Stigma Questionnaire (S-WSSQ) in a sample of participants with obesity seeking weight loss treatment.
dc.typeresearch article
dc.type.hasVersionVoR
dc.volume.number27
dspace.entity.typePublication

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