Evidencias psicométricas de una versión breve de la Coping Humor Scale en adultos mayores peruanos

Abstract

Introducción: El humor tiene un papel importante en la promoción de un envejecimiento exitoso y saludable. Sin embargo, su estudio científico es aún limitado, en parte debido a la ausencia de medidas validadas para su uso en el ámbito latinoamericano. El objetivo del estudio fue traducir al español y examinar las evidencias de fiabilidad y validez basadas en la estructura interna, convergente y discriminante de la versión peruana de la Coping with Humor Scale-5 ítems. Materiales y métodos: Los participantes fueron 236 adultos mayores peruanos (78,4% mujeres y 21,6% hombres) con un promedio de edad de 72,8 años (DE = 6,90). Se realizó un análisis factorial confirmatorio, análisis de correlación (r) y fiabilidad (␣; alfa de cronbach y ; omega). Resultados: El modelo unidimensional presentó un ajuste adecuado de los datos (2 = 7,72, df = 5, p = 0,17, 2 /df = 1,54, GFI =0,988, CFI =0,996, NFI = 0,988; RMSEA = 0,048 [IC90% 0,000, 0,111]; y SRMR = 0,016). Los índices de fiabilidad son adecuados (␣= 0,86 [IC95%: 0,82-0,89] y = 0,89 [IC95%: 0,87-0,91]). Se observa una correlación positiva entre la puntuación promedio de la CHS-5 y la satisfacción con la vida, y negativa con la depresión. Conclusiones: La CHS-5 presenta excelentes propiedades psicométricas, siendo una medida que brinda interpretaciones válidas y confiables para ser utilizada en adultos mayores peruanos.

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Factors predicting mental health in youth during the first COVID-19 lockdown in Spain

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Growth patterns of ingroup and outgroup prosocial behavior in Colombian and Uruguayan adolescents: Examining gratitude and forgiveness as predictors of change

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