VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY OF INSTRUMENTS BODY SHAPE QUESTIONNAIRE-34 (BSQ-34) BASED ON INDONESIA VERSION

Abstract

Imaging the body is treated as an important illustration to increase self-confidence and as a
guarantee to elevate a person's dignity and self-esteem. Individuals who are satisfied with the
body's imaging help in adjusting or if not satisfied will cause inability to adjust. An
assessment of the level of individual attention to body shape is very important to avoid health
problems, and this perception can be assessed using the Body Shape Questionnaire-34 (BSQ34) psychometric scale. Obtain a valid and reliable Indonesian version of the BSQ-34
instrument. A cross sectional diagnostic study with 300 female students at the Faculty of
Medicine, University of North Sumatra in December 2019 aged 18-25 years with probability
sampling method for research sampling. Indonesian version of BSQ-34 instrument showed a
strong positive correlation with Eat Attitudes Test-26 (EAT-26) of 0.69, p <0.001. The
Indonesian version of the BSQ-34 instrument shows very high internal consistency reliability,
which is 0.966 (α> 0.9). The BSQ-34 instrument showed a sensitivity value of 99% and a
specificity of 98%, with a valuecut-off amounting to ≥ 81.50. The Indonesian version of the
BSQ-34 instrument produced in this study is an instrument with 34 valid questions and can
be used to determine the level of individual attention to body shape.