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Avances en Psicología Latinoamericana
Print version ISSN 1794-4724
Abstract
MARTINEZ-GOMEZ, JORGE ARTURO; GUERRERO-RODRIGUEZ, SMITH IBETH and REY-ANACONA, CÉSAR ARMANDO. Assessment of construct validity and reliability of the inventory of masculinity and femininity in adolescents and young colombian adults. Av. Psicol. Latinoam. [online]. 2012, vol.30, n.1, pp.170-181. ISSN 1794-4724.
This study evaluated the construct validity and reliability of Femininity and Masculinity Inventory-Imafe (Lara, 1993), and calculated standardized punctuations for Colombian teenagers and young adults. Participants were 1527 male and female, between 15 and 42. The general and scale reliability was evaluated through Alfa and Guttmann coefficients, and the factor analysis was used to estimate the construct validity. Standardized punctuations were obtained for gender, since there were statistically significant differences for sex in the six scales of the instrument. The inventory presented reliability values that oscillated between .76 and .88. and the factorial analysis showed three factors coherent with the factors found in its original validation. Correlacionai inter-scales analysis and sex-differences were theoretically consistent.
Keywords : gender; personality; validity; reliability.