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Acta Colombiana de Psicología

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REYES-SOSA, Hiram  and  MOLINA-COLOMA, Verónica. Psychometric analysis of a scale to measure fear of crime in Ecuadorian youths. Act.Colom.Psicol. [online]. 2018, vol.21, n.1, pp.290-309. ISSN 0123-9155.  https://doi.org/10.14718/acp.2018.21.1.13.

In Ecuador, as in the rest of Latin America, the problem of insecurity is undeniable. Although there are surveys in the country that measure the perception of insecurity or victimization, there is no instrument that measures fear of crime. This research was aimed at the structural validation of a scale to measure the fear of crime from the psychosocial perspective. To validate this theoretical model, an exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analyses (CFA) were conducted. A total of 298 students from the city of Ambato, Ecuador, participated in the study. The average age was 21.28 years (SD = 1.62). Results showed satisfactory psychometric and structural properties of the scale. Furthermore, two theoretical models of fear of crime were developed: a first order factor and a second order factor. Results confirm the relevance of the second order model for explaining the psychosocial construction of the fear of crime.

Keywords : Fear of crime; confirmatory factor analysis; reliability; insecurity; structural equations model.

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