AUTHOR=Senín-Calderón Cristina , Valdés-Díaz María , Benítez-Hernández Ma M. , Núñez-Gaitán Ma C. , Perona-Garcelán Salvador , Martínez-Cervantes Rafael , Rodríguez-Testal Juan F. TITLE=Validation of Spanish Language Evaluation Instruments for Body Dysmorphic Disorder and the Dysmorphic Concern Construct JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology VOLUME=8 YEAR=2017 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01107 DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01107 ISSN=1664-1078 ABSTRACT=
Dysmorphic concern (DC) refers to excessive preoccupation with a slight or imagined defect in physical appearance with social avoidance and behavior directed at controlling the defect in appearance. This study attempted to adapt the factor structure of two instruments that cover the DC construct, the Dysmorphic Concern Questionnaire (DCQ) and the Body Dysmorphic Disorder Examination Self-Report (BDDE-SR), to Spanish and establish their psychometric properties. A total of 920 subjects (62.7% women,