Validation Study of the Attitude Scale towards Research among Mexican Psychology Students
The aim of this research was to validate the Scale of Attitude towards Research (SAR). A snowball sampling was used. A sample of 392 psychology students, 74.2% women and 25.8% men, from a public university in north-eastern Mexico was collected. The exploratory factor anal-ysis yielded a structure of...
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| author | Quezada-Berumen, Lucía Moral de la Rubia, José Quezada-Berumen, Lucía Moral de la Rubia, José Landero-Hernández, René |
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| description | The aim of this research was to validate the Scale of Attitude towards Research (SAR). A snowball sampling was used. A sample of 392 psychology students, 74.2% women and 25.8% men, from a public university in north-eastern Mexico was collected. The exploratory factor anal-ysis yielded a structure of three factors: affective-behavior-al factor of positively codified items, phrased in the sense of acceptance (ordinal α = .90), cognitive factor (ordinal α = .89), and behavioral-affective factor of negatively codified items, phrased in the sense of rejection (ordinal α = .87). The model had a good fit (NFI = .95, RFI = .95, RMSEA = .02, and SRMR = .07) and the three factors showed con-vergent validity (AVE > .50 and ω > .80) and discriminant validity (r2F1,F2 < AVEF1 y AVEF2). The average attitude was favorable towards research, with no difference between women and men, except for a greater average in the af-fective-behavioral factor of positive-codified items among men. The highest average on the scale among students who plan to pursue the research area and the positive correlation between the scale and the marks in a research related sub-ject provided evidence of construct validity. We concluded that the scale shows internal consistency and construct va-lidity. |
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| spelling | oai:ojs.revistas.unc.edu.ar:article-238742021-06-06T04:19:23Z Validation Study of the Attitude Scale towards Research among Mexican Psychology Students Validación de la Escala de Actitud hacia la Investigación en Estudiantes Mexicanos de Psicología Quezada-Berumen, Lucía Moral de la Rubia, José Quezada-Berumen, Lucía Moral de la Rubia, José Landero-Hernández, René actitud investigación análisis factorial confiabilidad México The aim of this research was to validate the Scale of Attitude towards Research (SAR). A snowball sampling was used. A sample of 392 psychology students, 74.2% women and 25.8% men, from a public university in north-eastern Mexico was collected. The exploratory factor anal-ysis yielded a structure of three factors: affective-behavior-al factor of positively codified items, phrased in the sense of acceptance (ordinal α = .90), cognitive factor (ordinal α = .89), and behavioral-affective factor of negatively codified items, phrased in the sense of rejection (ordinal α = .87). The model had a good fit (NFI = .95, RFI = .95, RMSEA = .02, and SRMR = .07) and the three factors showed con-vergent validity (AVE > .50 and ω > .80) and discriminant validity (r2F1,F2 < AVEF1 y AVEF2). The average attitude was favorable towards research, with no difference between women and men, except for a greater average in the af-fective-behavioral factor of positive-codified items among men. The highest average on the scale among students who plan to pursue the research area and the positive correlation between the scale and the marks in a research related sub-ject provided evidence of construct validity. We concluded that the scale shows internal consistency and construct va-lidity. Esta investigación tiene como objetivo validar la Escala de Actitud hacia la Investigación. Se usó un muestreo de bola de nieve. Participaron 392 estudiantes de psicología de una universidad pública del noreste de México, 74.2% mujeres y 25.8% hombres. El análisis factorial exploratorio arrojó una estructura de tres factores: afectivo-conductual de ítems directos o redactados en sentido de aceptación (α ordinal = .90), cognoscitivo (α ordinal = .89) y conductual-afectivo de ítems inversos o redactados en sentido de rechazo (α ordinal = .87). El ajuste del modelo fue bueno (NFI = .95, RFI = .95, RMSEA = .02 y SRMR = .07) y los tres factores mostraron validez convergente (AVE > .50 y ω > .80) y discriminante (r2 F1,F2 < AVEF1 y AVEF2). La actitud promedio fue favorable hacia la investigación sin diferencia entre mujeres y hombres, salvo por un mayor promedio en el factor afectivo-conductual de ítems directos en hombres. El puntaje promedio más alto en estudiantes que piensan dedicarse a la investigación y la correlación positiva entre la escala y la calificación en la materia de investigación proporcionaron evidencias de validez de constructo. Se concluye que la escala presenta consistencia interna y validez de constructo. Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas (IIPSI, Conicet-UNC) 2019-04-03 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/revaluar/article/view/23874 10.35670/1667-4545.v19.n1.23874 Revista Evaluar; Vol. 19 Núm. 1 (2019) 1667-4545 10.35670/1667-4545.v19.n1 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/revaluar/article/view/23874/23420 Derechos de autor 2019 Lucía Quezada-Berumen, José Moral de la Rubia, René Landero-Hernández http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| spellingShingle | actitud investigación análisis factorial confiabilidad México Quezada-Berumen, Lucía Moral de la Rubia, José Quezada-Berumen, Lucía Moral de la Rubia, José Landero-Hernández, René Validation Study of the Attitude Scale towards Research among Mexican Psychology Students |
| title | Validation Study of the Attitude Scale towards Research among Mexican Psychology Students |
| title_alt | Validación de la Escala de Actitud hacia la Investigación en Estudiantes Mexicanos de Psicología |
| title_full | Validation Study of the Attitude Scale towards Research among Mexican Psychology Students |
| title_fullStr | Validation Study of the Attitude Scale towards Research among Mexican Psychology Students |
| title_full_unstemmed | Validation Study of the Attitude Scale towards Research among Mexican Psychology Students |
| title_short | Validation Study of the Attitude Scale towards Research among Mexican Psychology Students |
| title_sort | validation study of the attitude scale towards research among mexican psychology students |
| topic | actitud investigación análisis factorial confiabilidad México |
| topic_facet | actitud investigación análisis factorial confiabilidad México |
| url | https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/revaluar/article/view/23874 |
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