Abstract

PAIVA, Tamyres Tomaz; DA SILVA LIMA, Kaline; GOMES CAVALCANTI, Jaqueline  and  SILVA SANTOS, Isabella Leandra. Psychometric Properties of the Spouse Specific Dependency Scale for Women (SSDS-W). CES Psicol [online]. 2021, vol.14, n.3, pp.34-56.  Epub Apr 07, 2022. ISSN 2011-3080.  https://doi.org/10.21615/cesp.5417.

The aim of this research was to adapt and validate the Spouse Specific Dependency Scale for Women (SSDS-W) for use in the Brazilian context, which consists of 30 items. In study 1, 347 women participated. It was obtained a three- dimensional structure: anxiety attachment (α = .88), emotional dependence (α = .80) and exclusive dependence (α = .72), with satisfactory internal consistencies. In the second study, 325 women participated, and three structural equation models were tested. The results indicated that the EDEC-M presented better index adjustment in the second-order hierarchical model: χ2 /df = 1.89; CFI = .95; TLI = .95; GFI = .95; RMSEA .05 and SRMR = .07. This model was supported by Item Response Theory (IRT), which analyzed a satisfactory variation of the item difficulty and allowed the construction of an Item Map for the measure. Therefore, the EDEC-M presented satisfactory psychometric properties evidence of construct validity for the Brazilian context in women.

Keywords : Spouse Specific Dependency Scale for Women (SSDS-W); dependency spouse; emotional dependency; hierarchical model; Item Response Theory (IRT).

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