Linguistic Adaptation and Validation of the Academic Procrastination Scale – Short Version (APS-S)

• Autores: Alegre Bravo, Alberto, Benavente Dongo, Diego, Guevara Rabanal, Diego
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2022
• Institución: Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola
• Lenguaje: español; inglés
• OAI Identifier: oai:revistas.usil.edu.pe:article/1708
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistas.usil.edu.pe/index.php/pyr/article/view/1708
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Procrastinación académica; Adaptación lingüística; Validez; Confiabilidad; Equidad; Academic procrastination; Linguistic adaptation; Validity; Reliability; Equity

This study was aimed at linguistically adapting the short version of McClosky's Academic Procrastination Scale (APS-S) and obtaining evidence of validity, reliability, and equity in university students from Lima. A total of 4,534 students participated, 2,052 women (45.3%) and 2,482 men (54.7%). The confirmatory factorial analysis of the scale reached an adequate fit to the hypothesized measurement model (CFI = .994, TLI = .988, RMSEA = .038, SRMR = .014). In addition, validity is evidenced with other variables, through correlations with academic self-efficacy (r=-.319; p<0.001) and academic performance (r= - .146; p < .001). Reliability was estimated with the ordinal alpha (αord = .867), and ordinal omega (ωord= .849) coefficients. Factor invariance analysis showed that the measure is equivalent between men and women (∆CFI < .010, ∆RMSEA < .015). It is concluded that the APS-S linguistically adapted to Spanish has psychometric properties, constituting a correct measure to evaluate procrastination in university students from Lima.