VALIDACIÓN Y PROPIEDADES PSICOMÉTRICAS DEL "CUESTIONARIO EXPLORATORIO DE LA PERSONALIDAD-III" (CEPER-III) EN COLOMBIA.

The aim of this research was to analyze the convergent validity of the "Exploratory Questionnaire of Personality-III" (CEPER-III; Caballo, Guillen, Salazar, & Irurtia, 2011) in a sample of 565 participants of Colombia. The questionnaire assesses 14 personality styles that follow the diagnostic criteria of the DSM-IV (APA, 1994) and DSM-III-R (APA, 1987), although they are not disorders. The alpha Cronbach coefficients of the scales ranged from .75 to .87, indicating an adequate internal consistency. Pearson correlations obtained between the CEPERIII (subscales) styles and the Million Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III (MCMI-III; Million, Davis and million, 2007) disorders (subscales) ranged from .40 to .70, supporting the convergent validity of the CEPER-III. These results indicate that the CEPER-III has adequate psychometric properties to be used in Colombian population and that their items are well understood without problems of cultural appropriateness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]