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Título : | Adaptación para Buenos Aires de la escala de intolerancia a la incertidumbre Adaptation to Buenos Aires of the intolerance of uncertainty scale |
Autor : | Rodríguez de Behrends, Marisa Brenlla, María Elena |
Palabras clave : | TRASTORNOS DE ANSIEDAD; INTOLERANCIA; INCERTIDUMBRE; ADAPTACION; VALIDEZ; FIABILIDAD | Fecha de publicación : | 2015 | Editorial : | Centro Interamericano de Investigaciones Psicológicas y Ciencias Afines Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigaciones en Psicología Matemática y Experimental |
Cita : | Rodríguez de Behrends, M., Brenlla, M. E. Adaptación para Buenos Aires de la escala de intolerancia a la incertidumbre [en línea]. Interdisciplinaria. 2015, 32 (2). Disponible en: https://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/15228 | Resumen : | Resumen: Este artículo informa la adaptación lingüística
y el análisis de las propiedades psicométricas de
la Escala de Intolerancia a la Incertidumbre (EII)
en población de Buenos Aires. La EII evalúa la intolerancia
a la incertidumbre (II) que es uno de los
componentes principales del trastorno de ansiedad
generalizada (TAG) según el modelo teórico
de Dugas. La intolerancia a la incertidumbre se
define como una disposición ca racterística que
re sulta de un conjunto de pensamientos negativos
sobre la incertidumbre. La Escala de Intolerancia
a la Incertidumbre (EII) está compuesta por 27 ítemes
que se responden con un formato tipo Likert
de cinco opciones de respuesta. Se analizaron los
datos obtenidos de una muestra de 320 participantes,
residentes de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos
Aires y el Gran Buenos Aires (República Argentina).
Se obtuvieron correlaciones significativas
con medidas criterio de preocupación
(r = .44; p = .000) y ansiedad como estado (r = .36;
p = .000) y como rasgo (r = .58; p = .000). Se estudió
la estructura de la escala con el análisis de
componentes principales y se obtuvieron dos factores
que explican el 41.07% de la variancia total.
Con respecto a la fiabilidad, los resultados indican
una excelente consistencia interna de los ítemes
igual a .93 y una estabilidad test-retest luego
de cinco semanas, igual a .47. No se registraron diferencias
significativas en las puntuaciones de la
escala según la edad y el sexo. En su conjunto, los
resultados obtenidos en la investigación realizada
son concordantes con los hallazgos de investigaciones
anteriores. Dado que la II constituye un factor
de vulnerabilidad para el TAG, es de utilidad
contar con un cuestionario adaptado a la población
local. Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to report as regards the linguistic and cultural adaptation and psycho - metric properties of the Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale (IUS, for its acronyms in English) in the adult population of Buenos Aires (Republica Argentina). The IUS assesses the intolerance of uncertainty (IU), which is one of the principal components of the generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) according to the theoretical model of Dugas. IU has been defined as a dispositional characteristic that results from a set of negative beliefs about uncertainty and it has been proposed as a cognitive vulnerability factor for worry and GAD. Furthermore it may be defined more specifically as the excessive tendency of an individual to consider it unacceptable that a negative event may occur, however small the probability of its occurrence. In general, in toler - ance of uncertainty may be conceptualized as the way an individual perceives information in un - certain situations and responds to said information with a set of emotional, cognitive and behavioral responses. The IUS is composed of 27 items related to the idea that uncertainty is unacceptable, leads to frustration and the inability to take action and it reflected badly on a person. Participants rate items on a five-point Likert scale ranging from 1: not at all characteristic of me to 5: entirely characteristic of me. Higher scores on the IUS indicate greater intolerance of uncertainty. The original French version of the IUS was developed in 1994 to assess emotional, cognitive, and behavioral reactions to ambiguous situations, im - plications of being uncertain, and attempts to control the future. In 2002, the IUS was translated from French to English. Similar to the original French measure, the English translation had shown excellent internal consistency and temporal stabil - ity. It has demonstrated convergent, criterial, and discriminant validity. On this study, the IUS translated into Spanish by three independent translators. The content validity was assessed through the use of three independent judges who had broad knowledge of anxiety disorder. The preliminary version was tested with a sample of 90 participants. The research was a descriptive and correlational study, with a transversal design The participants completed the following question - naires: the Beck Depression Inventory II (BDI-II), the Penn State Worry Questionnaire (PSWQ) and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI). Data obtained from a sample of 320 participants (168 females and 152 males) of the Ciudad and Provincia de Buenos Aires has been analyzed. Data analysis was conducted using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) - Version 22 software. In relation to the evidence of validity, significant correlations were obtained with worry (r = .44; p = .000) and anxiety as a state (r = .36; p = .000) and trait (r = .58; p = .000). The explor - atory data analysis regarding the factor structure of the scale and dimensions of the construct indicated two factors that explain 41.07 % of the total variance. On the one hand, concerning the consistency of this scale, the results show an excellent internal consistency (.93) and a fairly strong test-retest reliability over a five-week period of .47. On the other hand, significant differ - ences were not registered in the punctuations of the scale according to age and sex, and these findings are consistent with previous research. As a whole, the results obtained from the present investigation are consistent with the findings of previous investigations. Given that the IU consti - tutes a factor of vulnerability for the TAG, it is useful to rely on a questionnaire adapted to the local population. To conclude, the present study has demonstrated the sound psychometric proper - ties of the Spanish version of the IUS. |
Cobertura Espacial: | Argentina | URI : | https://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/15228 | ISSN : | 0325-8203 (impreso) 1668-7027 (en línea) |
Disciplina: | PSICOLOGIA | Derechos: | Acceso abierto |
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