Adaptation and Validation of the Economic and Financial Literacy Test for Chilean secondary students / Adaptación y validación del Test de Alfabetización Económica y Financiera en estudiantes secundarios chilenos
Rev. latinoam. psicol
;
51(2): 196-205, May-Aug. 2019. tab
Article
in English
| LILACS, COLNAL
| ID: biblio-1094037
ABSTRACT
Abstract This article presents the results of the analysis of psychometric properties of the Economic and Financial Literacy Test (TAEF-E) after its application in 811 high school students from nine educational establishments in the cities of Santiago (48.6%) and Temuco (51.4%) and whose sample had a 52.5% participation of women. For the study, three scales were applied: TAEF-E, the Scale of Susceptibility to the influence of peers in consumption and the Attitude Scale towards materialism for adolescents, managing to demonstrate optimal levels of internal consistency, adequate factor validity with a one-dimensional structure and significant correlations with sociodemographic and attitudinal variables, which allow to ratify as a whole, the validity and reliability of TAEF-E as an instrument to measure economic and financial literacy in secondary school students.
RESUMEN
Resumen Este artículo presenta los resultados del análisis de propiedades psicométricas del Test de Alfabetización Económica y Financiera (TAEF-E) tras su aplicación en 811 estudiantes de secundaria de nueve establecimientos educativos de las ciudades de Santiago (48.6%) y Temuco (51.4%) y cuya muestra tuvo una participación del 52.5% de mujeres. Para el estudio, se aplicaron tres escalas: El TAEF-E, la Escala de Susceptibilidad a la influencia de los pares en el consumo y la Escala de Actitud hacia el materialismo para adolescentes, logrando demostrar niveles óptimos de consistencia interna, adecuada validez factorial con una estructura unidimensional y correlaciones significativas con variables sociodemográficas y actitudinales, que permiten ratificar en su conjunto, la validez y confiabilidad del TAEF-E como instrumento para medir la alfabetización económica y financiera en estudiantes de secundaria.
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LILACS (Americas)
Main subject:
Adolescent
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Economics
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Literacy
Type of study:
Health economic evaluation
Limits:
Adolescent
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Female
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Humans
/
Male
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Chile
Language:
English
Journal:
Rev. latinoam. psicol
Journal subject:
Medicina
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Psychology
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Sa£de Mental
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Transtornos Mentais
Year:
2019
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Chile
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidad de La Frontera/CL
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