Objetivos: Confirmar la estructura factorial unidimensional de la Escala de Autoeficacia General (EAG), verificar su fiabilidad en adolescentes y jóvenes ecuatorianos, así como la validez. Método: La investigación es cuantitativa e instrumental, que analiza la estructura factorial, la fiabilidad y la validez de la EAG. Participantes: 742 adolescentes y jóvenes adultos, estudiantes de centros educativos de la ciudad de Ambato y Pelileo en Ecuador. Resultados: A nivel factorial la EAG con un solo factor explica el 52,1% de la varianza con un ajuste óptimo X2= 82,06; df= 28; p< 0,001; X2/df= 2,93; GFI= 0,96; NFI: 0,93; CFI: 0,96; RMSEA= 0,06 [0,05 – 0,08]. Además es fiable para jóvenes α= 0,896 y adolescentes α= 0,876 y válida con pruebas de procrastinación. Conclusiones: La EAG se presenta como una prueba estandarizada para la población ecuatoriana de adolescentes y jóvenes, además de fiable y válida para el uso en la investigación.
Background. Emotion Regulation comprises a set of strategies (cognitive, emotional, and physiological) that allow individuals faced with internal or external stimuli to manage their emotional response, to adapt to the environment, and to achieve goals. The Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ) is used to assess Emotion Regulation. It has been translated into several languages (including Spanish) and has been adapted around the world, but its psychometric properties have not been tested in Ecuador. Objective. To confirm the bifactor structure of the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire and its reliability in a sample of Ecuadorian college students. Design. A quantitative and instrumental study using Confirmatory Factor Analysis with Robust Maximum Likelihood estimation. The sample consisted of 400 participants (62.5% women), aged 18 to 25 (M = 21.1; SD = 1.95) from two universities in Ecuador and seven different undergraduate courses.
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