Abstract

URRUTIA, Andrés et al. Development and validation of the Brief Scale of Self-assessed Wisdom (EBAS) in Argentinian older adults. Univ. Psychol. [online]. 2016, vol.15, n.2, pp.205-215. ISSN 1657-9267.  https://doi.org/10.11144/Javeriana.upsy15-2.dveba.

The article is aimed at designing a brief scale in Spanish to assess wisdom among older people. To do that, three studies were carried out. In the first one, a sample made up of 505 people of 50 year-old and older completed a questionnaire that included 45 wisdom-related items selected by experts. The application of a principal component analysis yielded a 20-item solution grouped into three components, which accounted for 42% of the variance, and with a satisfactory internal consistency (a = 0.85). In a second study the structural validity of the scale was tested by means of a CFA applied to data gathered in a 290 people sample. Thee three independent dimension solution was the one that fitted best. Finally, in a third study involving 409 people 50 years and older, the concurrent validity and the stability of scale scores were tested. They were moderately related with scores of a conceptually related scale (r=0.45). Their relationship with a scale of social desirability was low (r = 0.26), while the test-retest correlation was satisfactory (r=0.75). Theoretical implications, possible uses and limitations of the scale were discussed.

Keywords : wisdom; older people; adult development; scale development; validity; reliability.

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