Validation of the Five-Factor Self-Concept Questionnaire AF5 in Brazil: Testing Factor Structure and Measurement Invariance Across Language (Brazilian and Spanish), Gender, and Age
dc.contributor.author | Garcia, Fernando | |
dc.contributor.author | Martínez, Isabel | |
dc.contributor.author | Balluerka Lasa, Nekane | |
dc.contributor.author | Cruise, Edie | |
dc.contributor.author | Garcia, Oscar F. | |
dc.contributor.author | Serra, Emilia | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-01-16T09:10:31Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-01-16T09:10:31Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018-11-20 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Frontiers in Physiology 9 : (2018) // Article ID 2250 | es_ES |
dc.identifier.issn | 1664-1078 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10810/30891 | |
dc.description.abstract | Self-concept is widely conceptualized as multidimensional (Shavelson et al., 1976). The Five-Factor Self-Concept Questionnaire (AF5, Garcia and Musitu, 2009) assesses five specific dimensions (i.e., academic, social, emotional, family, and physical). It is a psychometrically sound questionnaire, developed, and normed in Spain, which is widely used with Spanish-speaking samples. The validation of the AF5 in Brazil would expand its potential, and would facilitate cross-cultural research. To validate the Brazilian version of the AF5, the present study apply confirmatory factor analysis and multi-sample invariance analysis across sex (women vs. men), age (11-18 years old), and language (Brazilian [Portuguese] vs. Spanish). The sample consisted of 4,534 students (54.6%, women, 53.7%, Spanish) ranging in age from 11 to 18 years old (M = 14.61, SD = 2.09). The findings of the present study confirmed that the five-dimensional AF5 factorial structure provided the better fit to the data compared to alternative one-dimensional and orthogonal five-dimensional structures. The 30 items loaded appropriately on the five dimensions. Multi-group analysis for invariance between sex, age, and language groups showed equal loading in the five factors, equal covariation between the five dimensions, and equal error variances of items. Additionally, in order to obtain an external validity index, the five AF5 factors were related to both acceptance/involvement and strictness/imposition parenting dimensions. These results provide an adequate basis for meaningful comparative studies on a highly relevant construct, multidimensional self-concept, between male and female adolescents of different ages, and Brazilian (Portuguese) and Spanish-speaking samples. These results validate the instrument and confirm its suitability in cross-cultural research. | es_ES |
dc.description.sponsorship | The research reported in this article has been partially supported by Grants IT892-16 (Basque Government), ACIF/2016/431 and BEFPI/2017/058 (Valencian Regional Government, and European Social Fund), and FPU16/00988 (Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, Government of Spain). | es_ES |
dc.language.iso | eng | es_ES |
dc.publisher | Frontiers Media | es_ES |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | es_ES |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ | * |
dc.subject | self-concept | es_ES |
dc.subject | multidimensional | es_ES |
dc.subject | adolescents | es_ES |
dc.subject | factorial invariance | es_ES |
dc.subject | multi-group analysis | es_ES |
dc.subject | confirmatory factor-analysis | es_ES |
dc.subject | goodness-of-fit | es_ES |
dc.subject | parental socialization | es_ES |
dc.subject | substance use | es_ES |
dc.subject | psychometric properties | es_ES |
dc.subject | family socialization | es_ES |
dc.subject | university-students | es_ES |
dc.subject | neglectful families | es_ES |
dc.subject | motivation scale | es_ES |
dc.title | Validation of the Five-Factor Self-Concept Questionnaire AF5 in Brazil: Testing Factor Structure and Measurement Invariance Across Language (Brazilian and Spanish), Gender, and Age | es_ES |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | es_ES |
dc.rights.holder | 2018 Garcia, Martínez, Balluerka, Cruise, Garcia and Serra. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. | es_ES |
dc.rights.holder | Atribución 3.0 España | * |
dc.relation.publisherversion | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02250/full | es_ES |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02250 | |
dc.departamentoes | Psicología Social y Metodología de las Ciencias del Comportamiento | es_ES |
dc.departamentoeu | Gizarte psikologia eta portaera zientzen metodologia | es_ES |
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