ABSTRACT
Although the Brief Resilient Coping Scale (BRCS) has been validated in some European and American countries, there are no studies that evaluate its factorial invariance among different nations. In this sense, the objective of the study is to evaluate the factorial invariance of the BRCS in samples of older adults in Peru and Spain, using multigroup Confirmatory Factor Analysis. 236 older adults from Peru participated (Mean age = 72.8, SD = 6.90) and 133 older adults from Spain (Mean age = 71, SD = 7). In the Peruvian sample 78.4% were women and 21.6% men; while in the Spanish sample the majority were women (69.9%). The BRCS was scalar invariant but not strictly invariant between Spain and Peru. Our results found invariance of the structure, factor loadings and intercepts in both countries. These results support the use of BRCS in studies that compare the resilience between samples of older adults in both countries, and encourage applied research for the development of resilience in older adults in Spain and Peru.
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Adaptation, Psychological , Aged , Factor Analysis, Statistical , Female , Humans , Male , Peru , Psychometrics , Reproducibility of Results , SpainABSTRACT
El presente estudio, tiene por objetivo, realizar un análisis psicométrico de la Escala de Satisfacción en el Trabajo de Warr Cook y Wall (1979) en una muestra de trabajadores que radican en la ciudad de Arequipa (Perú). Se evaluó a 454 sujetos con diferentes ocupaciones utilizando la versión adaptada al español de Pérez-Bilbao y Fidalgo (1995). Se encontró que la prueba tiene una estructura unidimensional que se ajusta mejor a los criterios estadísticos empleados mediante el análisis factorial confirmatorio. Asimismo, cuenta con un índice de confiabilidad alto (α= .945) y con correlaciones ítem-test superiores a .589.
The study, has as aim to make a psychometric analysis of the Overall Job Satisfaction Scale of Warr Cook and Wall (1979) in a sample of workers who are settled in Arequipa City (Peru). We tested 454 subjects with different Jobs by using the adapted version to Spanish by Pérez-Bilbao and Fidalgo (1995). We found that the scale has an unidimensional structure with good adjustment to the statistical criteria applied according to the confirmatory factor analysis. Moreover, the scale has a high reliability index (α= .945) and item-test correlations over .589.
