Validation of the Thought-Action Fusion Scale (TAFS) for the Mexican population

Gabriela Sánchez-Jáuregui; Julia Gallegos-Guajardo; Vania Luna-Huguenin; Viviana Sánchez-Salinas; Brian Fisak

doi:10.35670/1667-4545.v24.n1.45161

Authors

Gabriela Sánchez-Jáuregui School of Psychology, Universidad de Monterrey.
Julia Gallegos-Guajardo School of Psychology, Universidad de Monterrey.
Vania Luna-Huguenin School of Psychology, Universidad de Monterrey.
Viviana Sánchez-Salinas School of Psychology, Universidad de Monterrey.
Brian Fisak Departament of Psychology, University of Central Florida.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35670/1667-4545.v24.n1.45161

Keywords:

pensamiento fusión-acción, escala de pensamiento fusión-acción, población mexicana, pensamientos intrusivos, trastorno obsesivo-compulsivo

Abstract

Fusión pensamiento-acción se refiere a la creencia de que un pensamiento puede causar una acción indeseada o tener consecuencias morales. La Escala de Fusión Pensamiento-Acción (TAFS) evalúa la disfuncionalidad de los pensamientos en que el individuo vincula sus pensamientos con las acciones. La escala cuenta con tres subescalas, TAF-probabilidad -para-uno mismo (TAF-LS), TAF-probabilidad-para-otros (TAF-LO) y la última escala siendo la de TAF-moral (TAF-M). El objetivo de este estudio fue validar la adaptación del TAFS con una muestra de estudiantes universitarios mexicanos. 430 estudiantes universitarios entre 18 a 24 años de edad, de una universidad de México participaron en el estudio (M = 20.59, DE = 1.92). Los resultados mostraron que la estructura original de tres factores tiene un buen ajuste con los datos, lo cual fue consistente con estudios previos realizados con muestra no-clínica. Estos resultados indican una buena consistencia interna y una adaptación adecuada de la prueba original para ser utilizada
con población universitaria mexicana.

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