Evidence of Validity and Reliability of the Flexibility Scale in Mexican Youth

• Autor: Palacios, Jorge
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2021
• Institución: Universidad de Lima
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad de Lima
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/5311
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistas.ulima.edu.pe/index.php/Persona/article/view/5311
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: flexibility scale; personality trait; ethnopsychology and youths; escala de flexibilidad; rasgo de personalidad; etnopsicología y jóvenes

The purpose of this study was to analyze validity and reliability of the scores obtained with the Scale of the Flexibility (Melgoza y Díaz-Guerrero, 1990) in a sample of Mexican youth. The scale was tested in a sample of 309 young people between 14 and 24 years old, in México City and Metropolitan Area. Confirmatory factor analysis showed a three-factor structure: kindness, complacency and behavioral adaptation. Particularly kindness (β = .325, p < .001) and behavioral adaptation (β = .245, p < .001) predicted personal efficiency. The scale score has an internal consistency index of .85 (95 % CI = .83- .87). The usefulness of the results for the evaluation of flexibility and personality traits in young people is analyzed, as well as the implications for future research on ethnopsychology.