Validity and reliability of the executive function scale in Cuban university student.

IF 2.9 3区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY Frontiers in Psychology Pub Date : 2025-02-10 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1484883

Diego D Díaz-Guerra, Marena De La C Hernández-Lugo, Carlos Ramos-Galarza, Yunier Broche-Pérez

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Introduction: Executive functions are higher cognitive skills involved in planning, organization, decision-making, impulse control, and working memory. It is essential to have tools that allow for the accurate and reliable assessment of this construct in university students. This study aims to evaluate the validity and reliability of the Executive Functions Scale for University Students (UEF-1) in the Cuban population.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in which an online survey was administered to 1,092 Cuban university students representing 14 of the country's 16 provinces. Descriptive analyses, confirmatory factor analyses, and Pearson correlation analyses were used to assess the psychometric properties of the scale.

Results: Significant correlations were obtained between the scale factors, and the original seven-factor structure was confirmed. The scale demonstrated good internal consistency and overall reliability (α = 0.91, ω = 0.91).

Conclusion: The study provided evidence that the UEF-1 is a reliable and valid tool for assessing executive functions in Cuban university students. This measure provides a comprehensive understanding of the cognitive abilities and functioning of Cuban university students, allowing for the identification of specific areas of executive functioning that may benefit from additional support or intervention.

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古巴大学生执行功能量表的效度与信度。

执行功能是指涉及计划、组织、决策、冲动控制和工作记忆的高级认知技能。必须有工具来准确可靠地评估大学生的这种结构。本研究旨在评估大学生执行功能量表（ef -1）在古巴人群中的效度和信度。方法：采用横断面研究，对代表古巴16个省中的14个省的1092名古巴大学生进行在线调查。描述性分析、验证性因子分析和Pearson相关分析用于评估量表的心理测量特性。结果：量表因子之间存在显著的相关关系，证实了原来的七因子结构。量表具有良好的内部一致性和整体信度（α = 0.91,ω = 0.91）。结论：本研究证明ef -1是评估古巴大学生执行功能的可靠和有效的工具。这项措施提供了对古巴大学生认知能力和功能的全面了解，从而能够确定可能受益于额外支持或干预的执行功能的具体领域。

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Frontiers in Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

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期刊介绍： Frontiers in Psychology is the largest journal in its field, publishing rigorously peer-reviewed research across the psychological sciences, from clinical research to cognitive science, from perception to consciousness, from imaging studies to human factors, and from animal cognition to social psychology. Field Chief Editor Axel Cleeremans at the Free University of Brussels is supported by an outstanding Editorial Board of international researchers. This multidisciplinary open-access journal is at the forefront of disseminating and communicating scientific knowledge and impactful discoveries to researchers, academics, clinicians and the public worldwide. The journal publishes the best research across the entire field of psychology. Today, psychological science is becoming increasingly important at all levels of society, from the treatment of clinical disorders to our basic understanding of how the mind works. It is highly interdisciplinary, borrowing questions from philosophy, methods from neuroscience and insights from clinical practice - all in the goal of furthering our grasp of human nature and society, as well as our ability to develop new intervention methods.