Validity Evidence based on Internal Structure of Scores on the Spanish Version of the Self-Description Questionnaire-II

  1. Inglés Saura, Cándido J. 2
  2. Torregrosa Díez, María Soledad 2
  3. Hidalgo Montesinos, María Dolores 3
  4. Núñez Pérez, José Carlos 11
  5. Castejón Costa, Juan Luis 4
  6. García Fernández, José Manuel 4
  7. Valle Arias, Antonio
  1. 1 Universidad de Oviedo
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    Universidad de Oviedo

    Oviedo, España

    ROR https://ror.org/006gksa02

  2. 2 Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche
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    Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche

    Elche, España

    ROR https://ror.org/01azzms13

  3. 3 Universidad de Murcia
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    Universidad de Murcia

    Murcia, España

    ROR https://ror.org/03p3aeb86

  4. 4 Universitat d'Alacant
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    Universitat d'Alacant

    Alicante, España

    ROR https://ror.org/05t8bcz72

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Journal:
The Spanish Journal of Psychology

ISSN: 1138-7416

Year of publication: 2012

Volume: 15

Issue: 1

Pages: 388-398

Type: Article

DOI: 10.5209/REV_SJOP.2012.V15.N1.37345 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to analyze the reliability and validity evidence of scores on the Spanish version of Self-Description Questionnaire II (SDQ-II). The instrument was administered in a sample of 2022 Spanish students (51.1% boys) from grades 7 to 10. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to examine validity evidence based on internal structure drawn from the scores on the SDQ-II. CFA replicated the correlated 11 first-order factor structure. Furthermore, hierarchical confirmatory factor analysis (HCFA) was used to examine the hierarchical ordering of self-concept, as measured by scores on the Spanish version of the SDQ-II. Although a series of HCFA models were tested to assess academic and non-academic components organization, support for those hierarchical models was weaker than for the correlated 11 first-order factor structure. Results also indicated that scores on the Spanish version of the SDQ-II had internal consistency and test-retest reliability estimates within an acceptable range.

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This research was supported by a grant from the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (SEJ2004-07311/EDUC) for the first author.

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