Estudio de las Propiedades Psicométricas de las Escalas de Adjetivos Interpersonales de Wiggins, Adaptación Puertorriqueña
Keywords:
Interpersonal Assessment, Personality, Validation StudyAbstract
From all the interpersonal personality measures created until today, the Interpersonal Adjectives Scales (IAS) has shown the best match to the structure of the theory of circumflex interpersonal personality assessment. Nevertheless, there has not been any interpersonal personality measure validated in Puerto Rico. The purpose of this study is to perform a preliminary validation study using as the primary instrument the IAS, Puerto Rican adaptation. A convenience sample of 320 university students and workers was used. Data was collected using a cross-sectional validation study design. Study results include alpha coefficients reliability indices demonstrating good to excellent internal consistency across scales (range = .70 to .80). Moreover, the study found that interpersonal construct typologies of the scales in this study were supported by exploratory factor analysis through principal components which extracted two factors (DOM and LOV). Recommendations include continuing to investigate this adaptation in order to further improve the internal consistency of the scales.
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