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A Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the “Autoconcepto Forma 5” Questionnaire in Young Adults from Spain and Chile

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2013

José Fernando García ,
Gonzalo Musitu ,
Enrique Riquelme  and
Paula Riquelme
José Fernando García*
Affiliation:
Universidad de Valencia (Spain)
Gonzalo Musitu
Affiliation:
Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Sevilla (Spain)
Enrique Riquelme
Affiliation:
Universidad Católica de Temuco (Chile)
Paula Riquelme
Affiliation:
Universidad Católica de Temuco (Chile)
*
Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to: Fernando García. Departamento de Metodología y Ciencias del Comportamiento, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de Valencia. Avda. Blasco Ibáñez 21, 46010 Valencia (Spain). Phone: +34-963864514; Fax: +34-963864697. E-mail: fernando.garcia@uv.es
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Abstract

The aim of this work is to examine the pentafactorial validity of the AF5 Self-Concept Questionnaire in Spanish and Chilean young adults. From the responses of a total of 4,383 young adults aged 17 to 22 years (1,918 Spanish, 44%, and 2,465 Chilean, 56%) it was analyzed the reliability of the instrument, the compared validity of the 5 oblique factor model proposed by the authors versus the unifactorial and the orthogonal alternative models, and was studied the invariance of one Chilean sample. The results of confirmatory factor analyses supported the authors' pentafactorial model. The multi-group factorial invariance showed that Chilean sample of the AF5 does not change neither the Spanish factor weights, nor the variances and covariances of the factors, or the error variances of items. Finally, the internal consistency of the five scales was good in the samples of both countries.

El objetivo de este trabajo es examinar la validez pentafactorial del cuestionario de Autoconcepto Forma 5 (AF5) con jóvenes españoles y chilenos. A partir de las respuestas de un total de 4.383 adultos jóvenes de 17 a 22 años (1.918 españoles, 44%, y 2.465 chilenos, 56%) se analiza la fiabilidad del cuestionario, se compara la validez del modelo de cinco factores oblicuos que proponen los autores versus los modelos alternativos unifactorial y ortogonal, y se estudia la invarianza de la estructura factorial entre la muestra española y la chilena. Los resultados de los análisis factoriales confirmatorios ratifican la validez del modelo teórico pentafactorial de los autores. El estudio de la invarianza factorial multigrupo indica que la muestra chilena no varía en los pesos factoriales respecto de la española, ni tampoco las varianzas y covarianzas de los factores o la varianza de error de los ítems. Finalmente, la consistencia interna de las cinco escalas fue aceptable en los dos países.

Keywords

self-conceptconfirmatory factor analysisyoung adultsSpainChileautoconceptoanálisis factorial confirmatoriojóvenes adultosEspañaChile
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Research Article
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The Spanish Journal of Psychology , Volume 14 , Issue 2 , November 2011 , pp. 648 - 658
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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