Construction and validation of the Scale of Consumerist Pathological for adolescents of metropolitan Lima, 2013

• Autores: García García, Luzmila Abigail, Peralta Casanova, Jakeline, Carranza Esteban, Renzo Felipe
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2019
• Institución: Universidad Peruana Unión
• Repositorio: Revista UPEU - Revista Científica de Ciencias de la Salud
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs2.revistas.upeu.edu.pe:article/135
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistas.upeu.edu.pe/index.php/RCCS/article/view/135
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Pathological consumption, compulsive consumption, consumption evasion, reliability, validity; Consumo patológico, consumo por compulsión, consumo por evasión, confiabilidad, validez.

Objective: To construct and determine the psychometric properties of the scale Pathological consumption foradolescents in metropolitan Lima. Material and Methods: The methodology used was non-experimental design,psychometric type. The 32-item instrument coast and consists of two dimensions: 1) compulsive consumption (16items) and 2) use evasion (16 items). Designed for use in adolescents 15 to 19 years old, assessing qualitativelyand quantitatively the severity of symptoms. Participants were selected using a non-probability conveniencesampling rate of both sexes. Results: The content validity of the instrument was executed by the criterion validityof judges; multiplied by the coefficient V of Aiken; reaching adequate levels of statistical significance for clarity,simplicity and accuracy of reagents. Regarding construct validity, the KMO value of 0.870 submitted indicating thepossibility for the use of factor analysis, projecting as a result, a high level of significance; Upon analysis Varimaxrotated components, is obtained as the result of two factors show correlations appropriate due to saturation of theitems. However, the variance explained by two factors, provided a value of 35.124%. In this regard the level ofinternal consistency of the scale in general reached a Cronbach’s alpha (0.791), showing significance, as well asin two dimensions: 1) dimension compulsive consumption, Cronbach’s alpha (0.844) and 2) consumer aspectsevasion, Cronbach’s alpha (0.879), correlating well with the test items, is to lower (p <0.05) showed significance,demonstrating validity of the proposed factors. Conclusions: The paper concludes that the consumption Pathologicalscale is valid and reliable, suitable for use as it fits the psychometric properties required.