1. Psychometric properties of the Scale to measure the Enjoyment Experienced by Children and Adolescents) (SEECA) in Michoacan population (Mexico)
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Eduardo Gómez Hernández, Eduardo Carrillo-Ramírez, and Ferran Padrós-Blázquez
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Psychometrics ,health promotion ,estudio instrumental ,lcsh:BF1-990 ,Concurrent validity ,emotional development ,Internal consistency ,Morelia ,medicine ,child welfare ,biology ,promoción de la salud ,Construct validity ,Anhedonia ,instrumental study ,General Medicine ,biology.organism_classification ,Exploratory factor analysis ,lcsh:Psychology ,psicometría ,bienestar del niño ,Scale (social sciences) ,desarrollo emocional ,medicine.symptom ,Psychology ,Clinical psychology ,Psychopathology - Abstract
Resumen Objetivo: Construir una escala para medir el disfrute experimentado en niños y adolescentes y estudiar sus propiedades psicométricas. Método: Estudio de tipo instrumental, donde participaron 487 estudiantes de secundaria de edades comprendidas entre 11 y 15 años, que respondieron a la escala objeto de estudio (Escala para medir el Disfrute Experimentado en Niños y Adolescentes, EDENA), junto a las escalas PANASN (Positive And Negative Affect Schedule) para niños y adolescentes elaboradas por Sandín (2003) y la escala de Depresión del Centro de Estudios Epidemiológicos (CES-D) de Radloff (1977) adaptada a población mexicana por Jiménez-Tapia, Wagner, Rivera-Heredia y González-Forteza (2015). Resultados: A través de un Análisis Factorial Exploratorio se observó que la estructura interna resultó unifactorial. Respecto a la consistencia interna, el valor del alfa de Cronbach de la escala resultó de .650, aceptable teniendo en cuenta que solo tiene cinco reactivos, los cuales mostraron adecuadas propiedades psicométricas. Se realizaron correlaciones de Pearson con otras medidas, obteniendo una correlación baja y positiva con la escala de afecto positivo (r = .368) y correlaciones bajas y negativas con el afecto negativo (r =-.361) y con la sintomatología depresiva (r =-.179). Conclusiones: Se concluye que la EDENA es instrumento que puede resultar de gran utilidad, ya que podría considerarse un indicador de presencia de anhedonia, que se asocia con disfunción social y emocional, además de psicopatología. La EDENA posee adecuadas propiedades psicométricas (validez de constructo, confiablidad y validez concurrente) para ser administrado en la ciudad de Morelia (México). Abstract Objective: This paper aims to build a scale for enjoyment measuring in order to measure enjoyment experienced by children and adolescents and also, it aims to study this scale’s psychometric properties. Method: An instrumental approach is conducted in this study ; 487 high school students aged 11 to 15 years old were sampled, answering SEECA (scale to measure the enjoyment experienced by children and adolescents) ; along with this scale, PANAS-C (Positive and Negative Affect Schedule) elaborated by Sandín (2003) and the Epidemiological Studies Center Scale of Depression CES-D of Radloff (1977) adapted to the Mexican population by Jiménez-Tapia, Wagner, Rivera-Heredia and González-Forteza (2015) were also applied to children and adolescents. Results: Suggest a uni-factorial structure according to an exploratory factor analysis. Based on Chronbach ‘s alpha’s value, the internal consistency , is determined in .650, acceptable taking into account that it has only 5 items, which showed adequate psychometric properties. Pearson’s correlation was made with other measurements, obtaining a low positive correlation with the positive affect’s scale (r = .368), and low negative correlations with negative affect (r =-.361) and depressive symptoms (r =-.179). Conclusion: SEECA, is a very useful instrument, since it may recognize the presence of anhedonia, which is associated with social and emotional dysfunction, and also as a psychopathology. The SEECA has adequate psychometric properties (construct validity, reliability and concurrent validity) to be administrated in Morelia’s city (Mexico).
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- 2019