The Cognitive Fusion Questionnaire-7 Adapted for Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Giulia Rosa Policardo, Elena Micheli, Cristian Di Gesto
A total of 166 women and 120 men completed an online questionnaire, which included the BDD-CFQ, the generic cognitive fusion instrument, the Body Compassion Scale, and the Questionario sul Dismorfismo Corporeo (Questionnaire on Body Dysmorphia). Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was conducted, along with a multi-group analysis to verify gender invariance, and further analyses of construct validity. The CFA showing good fit indices. Additional results demonstrated excellent internal consistency (α = .96), outstanding construct and incremental validity, as well as evidence of gender invariance. Consequently, the BDD-CFQ emerges as a brief and effective tool for assessing a key process of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) relevant to body defect concerns in both clinical and non-clinical contexts. These findings have important implications for the development of targeted interventions and the evaluation of the effectiveness of ACT interventions focused on symptoms of body dysmorphic disorder.
Keywords
Body dysmorphic disorder, Cognitive fusion, Psychometric validation, Confirmatory analysis, Gender invariance.
