Evidencia de Validez y Confiabilidad de una Medida de Soledad en Adolescentes Peruanos

José Ventura-León; Tomás Caycho-Rodríguez; Miguel Barboza-Palomino; Georgina Cáceres-Gonzales

doi:10.35670/1667-4545.v17.n2.18726

Autores/as

José Ventura-León Universidad Privada del Norte https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2996-4244
Tomás Caycho-Rodríguez Universidad Privada del Norte (UPN). https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5349-7570
Miguel Barboza-Palomino Universidad Privada del Norte (UPN). https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8045-5491
Georgina Cáceres-Gonzales Universidad Inca Garcilaso de la Vega (UIGV).

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35670/1667-4545.v17.n2.18726

Palabras clave:

adolescentes, confiabilidad, soledad, validez

Resumen

En este artículo se analizó la evidencia de validez basada en la estructura interna y la confiabilidad de las puntuaciones de los 11 ítems de la Escala de Soledad De Jong-Gierveld (DJGLS, por sus siglas en inglés) en adolescentes peruanos. Se trabajó con una muestra de 851 adolescentes (M = 15.07 años, DE = 1.5), estudiantes de colegios de Lima Metropolitana. El análisis factorial mostró una estructura bidimensional oblicua (soledad social y emocional) con buenos índices de bondad de ajuste (CFI ≥ .90, RMSEA ≤ .08). La confiabilidad fue estimada mediante el coeficiente omega (ω = .827), y considerada como aceptable (≥ .70). Se concluye que la DJGLS muestra propiedades psicométricas adecuadas y puede ser considerada una medida breve para el estudio de la soledad en los adolescentes peruanos. Además, el uso de la DJGLS en base a esta estructura factorial oblicua permitirá ampliar el conocimiento de los factores individuales y sociales que participan en el desarrollo de la soledad.

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