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Psicothema, 2010. Vol. Vol. 22 (nº 4). 983-989




Stability of the factor structure of Barrat’s Impulsivity Scales for children across cultures: A comparison of Spain and Colombia

Nicolás Chahin, Sandra Cosi, Urbano Lorenzo-Seva and Andreu Vigil-Colet

Universidad Rovira i Virgili

Despite the great importance of impulsivity in many childhood and adolescence disorders, there are few self-reports on child impulsivity. Recently, a modified version of Barratt’s BIS-11 questionnaire adapted for children has been developed, which may be useful in assessing this personality dimension. The present study reports an adaptation of this questionnaire in a different culture (Colombia) and assesses the degree of convergence between the factor structures of both adaptations using consensus oblimin rotation. The results indicate not only that the factor structure of the test remains stable across both adaptations, and that two of the three scales in the Colombian version show acceptable reliabilities, but also that cultural and linguistic issues are important in test adaptation even when the same language is used.

Estabilidad de la estructura factorial de la escala de impulsividad para niños de Barratt a través de culturas: una comparación entre España y Colombia. A pesar de la gran importancia de la impulsividad en múltiples patologías de la infancia y la juventud, existen pocos cuestionarios de impulsividad para niños. Recientemente se ha desarrollado una versión modificada del cuestionario BIS-11 de Barratt adaptado para niños que puede ser útil en la evaluación de esta dimensión de personalidad. Este estudio presenta una adaptación de este cuestionario a una cultura distinta (colombina) y evalúa el grado de convergencia entre las soluciones factoriales de ambas versiones del test utilizando el método de rotación consensos oblimin. Los resultados indican una elevada estabilidad de la solución factorial a través de las versiones y una fiabilidad satisfactoria para dos de las tres escalas en la adaptación colombiana. Por otra parte se pone de manifiesto la importancia de los aspectos culturales y lingüísticos en la adaptación de un test incluso cuando se trata de la misma lengua.

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Impact factor 2022:  JCR WOS 2022:  FI = 3.6 (Q2);  JCI = 1.21 (Q1) / SCOPUS 2022:  SJR = 1.097;  CiteScore = 6.4 (Q1)