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Individual job performance (ILP) is a fundamental pillar of any organization; however, it is not possible to measure it accurately in all jobs, especially in white-collar jobs. The objective of this study was to determine the psychometric properties of the adaptation of the RLI scale for virtual environments in a Mexican population. To meet the objective, a non-probabilistic sample of 332 teleworkers was used, by means of exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, with the help of SPSS statistics, and AMOS Graphics, validity and reliability tests were performed on the proposed model that fits with four dimensions (F1 a=0. 952, F2 a=0.913, F3 a=0.895, F4 a= 0.862) and 23 items, a CFI of 0.999, a TLI of 0.998 and a NFI of 0.963 and a RMSEA of 0.010 fulfilling the validity and reliability criteria. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The investigation focused on provide evidence of construct, convergent and criterion validity, as well as reliability for the Entrepreneurial Self-efficacy Scale (ESE) and analyze factor equivalence by participating groups: sex, age ranges, development stages, semester and universities. 1,525 students from two Mexican public universities participated. The version adapted to Spanish was applied using the reverse translation procedure, as well as the Social Entrepreneurship Scale (SEAS). The adaptation of the ESE to Spanish reproduces the six factors proposed by the original authors in a second order model that shows a good fit (χ² = 2.367, p <0.05), gl = 229, RMSEA = .08, SRMR =, 04, CFI = .95, TLI = .94, AIC = 81,521). It was found that business self-efficacy predicts 23.3% of entrepreneurship intention and presents a moderate correlation with SEAS self-efficacy (r = 0.48). In general, configurational and metric invariance was found in each of the groups analyzed (ΔCFI> -.01). The omega McDonald coefficient value was .94. The Entrepreneurial Self-efficacy Scale applied to university students in contexts of poverty in Mexico is reliable, with evidence of validity and invariant for the different groups analyzed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

One of the most widely used and studied instruments worldwide to assess the reasons for consuming alcohol is the Drinking Motives Questionnaire (DMQ) based on the Cox & Klinger (1988) model, of which different versions have been made and have shown different factorial structures. However, in Mexico the psychometric properties of the DMQ and its versions have not been studied. Objetive. Due to the need for an instrument to assess the reasons for alcohol consumption, this study set out to adapt and study some psychometric properties of the DMQ-R and its different versions in the Mexican adolescent population. Method. The longest version of the questionnaire (28 items) was administered to 464 adolescents between 13 and 18 years old (M = 16.20; SD = 1.24), in this sample n=179 were female (55.1%). Results. Five different versions of the test were fitted. The only model that obtained an adequate fit was that of the short version of 12 questions, which also showed adequate internal consistency indexes (α = .88 y ω = .94). Conclusion. The short version of the DMQ-R-12 is an instrument that has shown adequate construct validity and reliability to evaluate the reasons for alcohol consumption in Mexican adolescents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This research, of instrumental design and quantitative approach, constitutes a first validation of the Self-Regulation of Learning Questionnaire in Initial Teacher Education, developed from a proprietary model designed under the socio-cognitive approach. For this purpose, a sample of 360 students with five bachelor’s degrees at a Mexican Higher Education Institution was used. Content validity was obtained using expert judgment, while Cronbach’s alpha reliability index gave a result of .942. The Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin and Bartlett’s sphericity tests confirmed the feasibility of performing the Principal Component Factor Analysis with Varimax rotation, resulting in three factors with a distribution of items that do not correspond to the original model, therefore a second analysis was mad. It is concluded that the instrument has content validity, of construct, is congruent with its design, and is highly reliable. However, it is recommended to corroborate this through other tests, section the instrument in the phases or areas that comprise it, or apply it to other populations from public and private institutions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The study of psychopathy in forensic and legal psychology has been complex considering the impact on these areas. The purpose of the present study is to examine the psychometric properties of the Self-Report Pychopathy Scale Short Form 4th (SRP:4-SF), which was derived from the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) in a sample of 300 male prisoners. Results indicate that the adapted version of the SRP:4-SF has good construct validity and reliability to assess psychopathy in a penitentiary population. Statistical proposals are discussed to analyze SRP:4-SF factors, as well as cultural, contextual, and theorical differences to understand the manifestation of psychopathy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Introduction: The objective of the study was to validate an instrument composed of the positive and negative affect scale (PANAS) developed by Watson, Clark and Tellegen (1988), and the organizational commitment scale (OCS) developed by Meyer, Allen, and Smith (1993) to measure the relationship between affective states (EA) and organizational commitment (CO) of professors attached to higher education institutions (IES) in the Southeast of Mexico. Method: A descriptive investigation was carried out with a quantitative approach and a nonexperimental cross-sectional design, in which a non-probabilistic sample of 140 professors assigned to IES located in the southeast of Mexico, was selected. The instrument reliability was verified through Cronbach's alpha coefficient, content validation was through face validity and construct validation was carried out through an exploratory factor analysis (AFE). Results: The judges who participated in the face validity verification considered that the instrument meets sufficiency, clarity, coherence and relevance criteria. Reliability obtained for the PANAS scale was 0.76 and for the OCS was 0.83. In the AFE, it was identified that EA were grouped into two factors that explained 43% of the variance, while for CO three factors were identified, which explained 49% of the variance. Conclusion: Internal consistency and content and construct validity were confirmed for the proposed instrument to measure the relationship between EA and CO in higher education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: The dynamic conditions of the markets demand the study of business innovation. Based on the study of management literature, it has been proposed that there is a relationship between the organizational factors of autonomy and time availability granted to employees with the level of innovation in the company. Method: To prove this assumption a quantitative instrument was developed based on the CEAI scale and the ENTRESCALE measure and 144 observations were collected from a passenger transport services company in northern Mexico. Subsequently, an exploratory factor analysis was performed to verify the validity of the constructs; Cronbach's alpha to identify its level of reliability and the multiple linear regression technique in order to verify the effect of independent variables on innovation. Results: The exploratory factor analysis and Cronbach's alpha measurement support the construct validity and reliability of the items that make up the measuring instrument. The results of the multiple linear regression technique show that only autonomy is related to the level of innovation in the sector, so it is ruled out that the availability of free time is related to innovative behavior. Discussion or Conclusion: The results contribute to the theoretical development of the constructs and invite reflection on best business practices that lead to the development of innovative behavior in the company. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Bruxism is defined as a repetitive jaw-muscle activity, characterized by grinding or clenching the teeth, and/or by bracing or thrusting of the mandible, which has different circadian manifestations, either during sleep (sleep bruxism) or when wakefulness (awake bruxism). For an appropriate clinical diagnosis of bruxism different techniques have been proposed; the most common technique is the usage of a self-reported questionnaire combined with a professional evaluation. While the first is a questionnaire in which the patient expresses their symptoms, the second depends on the presence of observed signs associated according to an evaluator, including tooth wear as well as identify symptoms associated to this jaw-muscle activity, to confirm a clinical diagnosis, there must be a correlation between the self-report questionnaire and clinical diagnosis. Therefore, there is no quantifiable measure that may help to evaluate, from a patient's perspective, the signs and symptoms that belongs to his/her muscle and mandibular activity while assessing both its proportion and measure. To strengthen the self-report technique as a reliable procedure for assessing the information expressed by patient with bruxism, this initial study reports the reliability and validity proprieties of the self-report bruxism questionnaire (CBA). The present study was conducted in Mexico and includes one hundred participants. Fifty percent of them presented a clinical diagnosis of bruxism (n = 50), the other half (control group) do not. In both groups the perceived stress scale (PSS) and the self-reported bruxism questionnaires (CBA) were equally completed on a self-administered way. Both a high internal consistency (a = .884) was found on the eleven items and a corrected item-total correlation ranged from .43 to .78, reflects an adequate reliability. The exploratory factor analysis was used to group the CBA variables; the extraction was made using a main component with Varimax rotation method. The sample adequacy coefficients, the Kaiser Meyer-Olkin (KMO = .826) and Bartlett's Sphericity test (X2 = 579.866, p = .000) were assessed and expressed an appropriate intercorrelation between items. The factor analysis showed a bifactorial: the latent variables explained one factor of 47.8% (eigenvalue = 5.26) variance and another of 11.5% (eigenvalue = 1.27), thus its cumulative variance of this model was 59.36%. Due to the amount of explained variance and the difference between the eigen values of this initial solution we considered to prove a unidimensional model. A one solution factor scale was feasible, with factor weights greater than .52 on all items. This singlefactor structure was verified in a confirmatory factor analysis, which presented significant values and suitable goodness of fit indexes (X²/df = 1.461; GFI = .916; AGFI = .857, CFI = .967, RMSEA = .068). Also, a convergent analysis was performed proving a positive (r = .27; p = .001) correlation between the PSS-14 and CBA scales, the correlation with the subscales of self-reported awake bruxism, SAB was positive (r = .299, p = .002). Regarding self-reported sleep bruxism, SAB the correlation was also positive (r = .207, p = .039). The correlation between the subscales was both positive and strong (r = .713, p = .001). Based on the results obtained, we can conclude that, there are a positive, significant, and adequate correlation between PSS-14 scale and the scale of self-reported bruxism, as though as in the sub-scales SAB and SSB. These results suggested that the one factor solution of the CBA has high reliability, internal consistency, and an appropriate inter-item correlation; also, it supports the convergent validity of the questionnaire. Due to the possible contributions of the CBA to the improvement of the quality standards of the evaluation of subjective data provided by people with bruxism, it is suggested to continue with the analysis of the scale in future studies with other populations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this study was to examine factorial invariance of the Self-efficacy in Diet and Physical Wellness Scale (ECASF) in Mexican university sportsmen and non-sportsmen. The final sample comprised 1.305 Mexican university students (707 women, 598 men), whose average age was 20.46 years (SD=1.87). Confirmatory factorial analyses showed that a five-factor scale is feasible and adequate for both populations. In accordance with statistical and substantial criteria, the five-factor structure (physical exercise, nutritional care, problems confrontation, avoiding tobacco, and avoiding alcohol) displayed good indexes of fit both in terms of reliability and validity. Moreover, factorial structure and loads, as well as intercepts, were found to be invariant in both populations; however, differences were found with regard to average values of physical exercise, nutritional care, problems confrontation, and avoiding tobacco. Finally, the present study confirms the validity of a Penta dimensional model proposed in previous studies. Future research should replicate these procedures in populations with different cultural and personal characteristics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this study is to obtain psychometric data for the evaluation of dissatisfaction with body image Questionnaire (Solano-Pinto y Cano-Vindel, 2010). A total of 411 Mexican university students participated (average of age = 20.65 ± 1.92 years) in this study. The factor structure of the questionnaire was analyzed trough exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses. Results showed a feasible and adequate structure of five factors (perceptual, emotional distress, behavioral, approach change and anxiety), with adequate fit indices of reliability and validity, according to statistical and substantive criteria. However, the obtained model does not fully coincide with that propose by the authors of the test, but continues giving support to the multifactorial component of body dissatisfaction. Future research should replicate these findings in wider samples. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The current study aims to search if the psychometric results proposed by Niñerola et al. (2006) for the Barriers for the Practice of Physical Activity Scale (BPPAS) are replicated in Mexican university students. A total of 1528 Mexican university students participated in this study (average age = 20.78 ± 2.45 years). The factor structure of the BPPAS was conducted by confirmatory factor analyses that showed a feasible and adequate fourfactor structure. The four factors (body image, fatigue, obligations, and environment), attending to statistical and susbstantive criteria, have shown fit indices of reliability and validity. Moreover, the factor structure, the standardized regression weights, and the intercepts were considered as invariants between athletic and non-athletic participants, obtaining differences in the factors punctuations. Future research should replicate these findings in wider samples. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background The Positive Psychological Functioning scale (PPF) is a newly developed measure in Spain. It consists of 11 psychological resources: autonomy, resilience, self-esteem, purpose in life, enjoyment, optimism, curiosity, Creativity, humor, environmental mastery and vitality. All of them are grouped into a second order factor called Positive Psychological Functioning. This measure has adequate validity and reliability. In addition, the confirmatory factor analysis showed a good level of adjustment. Objective The goal of this research is to validate the PPF in Mexico. Method We used a sample of 184 college students from the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM). They applied the PPF and other scales to calculate the reliability and validity in Mexico. Results The results obtained in the PPF scale showed good psychometric properties (reliability and validity). Moreover, the scale has hierarchical factorial structure formed by 11 prime order factors, and one second order general factor. The same result was found in the Spanish scale validation. Discussion and conclusion This measurement is innovative because, to our knowledge, there is no scale to measure Positive Functioning in this country, since attempts to adapt other similar scales have not been satisfactory. The results allow us to recommend the application of this scale in Mexico. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article represents a critique of the work by Backhoff y Contreras, published in issue 63 of Revista Mexicana de Investigación Educativa, with regard to grade inflation on the enlace test. I develop three comments in the form of a dialogue with the authors' statements: a) the need to consider educational evaluations in the context of tension between precision in measurement, the possibility of adjusting interventions and the rendering of accounts; b) a review of the comparison of enlace on one hand, and Excale and pisa on the other, with an emphasis on the limits and alternatives in this approach; and c) some difficulties regarding the authors' explanation of grade inflation due to the influence of external factors, and my proposal to consider the possible weight of an internal factor: test construction. In conclusion, I offer some factors that may be important for evaluating learning that is valid, pedagogically useful, and socially meaningful. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]