PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF A SCALE TO MEASURE SHAME MANAGEMENT IN ADOLESCENTS (MOSS-SAST)

This paper aimed to establish evidence of validity and reliability of the adapted version of the MOSS-SAST questionnaire (Ahmed, 1999) to measure shame management in adolescents in situations of aggression toward peers. The study was conducted with a sample of 700 students from public secondary scho...

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Published inActa colombiana de psicología Vol. 19; no. 1; pp. 24 - 34
Main Authors Valdés Cuervo, Angel Alberto, Carlos Martínez, Ernesto Alonso, Wendlandt Amezaga, Teodoro Rafael, Ramírez Zaragoza, Manuel
Format Journal Article
LanguagePortuguese
English
Published Universidad Catolica de Colombia 01.01.2016
Universidad Católica de Colombia
Subjects
adolescentes
bullying
psicometría
PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
vergüenza
shame
vergüenza
vergonha
adolescentes
psicometría
psychometrics
adolescent
psicometria
bullying
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Summary:This paper aimed to establish evidence of validity and reliability of the adapted version of the MOSS-SAST questionnaire (Ahmed, 1999) to measure shame management in adolescents in situations of aggression toward peers. The study was conducted with a sample of 700 students from public secondary schools (N= 700) located in a northwestern state municipality of Mexico. Results enabled to obtain an empirically sustainable measuring model formed by two factors: Acknowledgment and Displacement (X2 = 5.16, p= 0.27; CMIN= 1.29; GFI= .98; CFI= .99; NFI= .97; RMSEA= .05). Evidence was obtained to show that the instrument has criterion validity since it is capable to differentiate between subgroups of students with and without reports of bullying in both factors, Acknowledgment (t= 3.49, gl= 137, p< .001) and Displacement (t= 3.63, gl= 137, p< .001). It was concluded that the results strengthen the original factorial structure of the scale and show the usefulness of the same, both for inquiring about emotions related to moral development and for identifying students involved as aggressors in bullying situations.
ISSN:0123-9155
DOI:10.14718/ACP.2016.19.1.2