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Validity Evidence based on Internal Structure of Scores on the Spanish Version of the Self-Description Questionnaire-II

2012; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 15; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5209/rev_sjop.2012.v15.n1.37345

1988-2904

Cándido J. Inglés, María S. Torregrosa, María Dolores Hidalgo Montesinos, José Carlos Núñez Pérez, Juan Luís Castejón Costa, José Manuel García-Fernández, António Valle,

Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

The aim of this study was to analyze the reliability and validity evidence of scores on the Spanish version of Self-Description Questionnaire II (SDQ-II). The instrument was administered in a sample of 2022 Spanish students (51.1% boys) from grades 7 to 10. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to examine validity evidence based on internal structure drawn from the scores on the SDQ-II. CFA replicated the correlated 11 first-order factor structure. Furthermore, hierarchical confirmatory factor analysis (HCFA) was used to examine the hierarchical ordering of self-concept, as measured by scores on the Spanish version of the SDQ-II. Although a series of HCFA models were tested to assess academic and non-academic components organization, support for those hierarchical models was weaker than for the correlated 11 first-order factor structure. Results also indicated that scores on the Spanish version of the SDQ-II had internal consistency and test-retest reliability estimates within an acceptable range.