Psychometric properties of the Social Anomia Scale in Peruvian drug-dependent patients

This study analyzes the structure and internal consistency of the Social Anomia Scale in drug-dependent patients. A total of 232 male drug addicts between 18 and 60 years of age, belonging to four therapeutic communities of Lima, were evaluated. The results obtained indicate low fit indices for the...

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Author: Caycho, Aaron
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2019
Country:Perú
Institution:Instituto Peruano de Orientación Psicológica
Repository:Interacciones
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.ejournals.host:article/70
Online Access:https://revistainteracciones.com/index.php/rin/article/view/70
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Anomia social
drogodependientes
comunidades terapéuticas
psicometría
análisis factorial
consistencia y estructura interna
invarianza
Social anomia
drug addicts
therapeutic communities
psychometry
factorial analysis
consistency and internal structure
invariance
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Summary:This study analyzes the structure and internal consistency of the Social Anomia Scale in drug-dependent patients. A total of 232 male drug addicts between 18 and 60 years of age, belonging to four therapeutic communities of Lima, were evaluated. The results obtained indicate low fit indices for the original Yañez model (2011); however, the proposed Model 2 replicates a structure of 17 items distributed in three underlying factors. Likewise, the discriminant validity and the Omega coefficient were obtained for the three factors found, as well as the measurement of factor invariance between groups of young adults and adults. The findings indicate that the structure and internal consistency of the Social Anomia Scale in the proposed model shows psychometric characteristics suitable for use in clinical contexts and social studies.