Validation of the Self-Curiosity Attitude-Interest Scale in Colombia

Abstract

espanolEl objetivo de este estudio es presentar una revision teorica del constructo psicologico de la curiosidad humana, asi como presentar la validacion de la version colombiana de la Self-Curiosity Attitude-Interest Scale, una escala de auto-reporte de dos factores que evalua la actitud y el interes que la gente posee para explorar su propio mundo interior. Se incluyeron en el estudio participantes (N = 365) Colombianos (n = 170) e Italianos (n = 195) pareados por genero, edad y clase trabajadora. El Analisis Factorial Confirmatorio ha revelado un buen ajuste de los datos al modelo de dos factores de Self-Curiosity Attitude-Interest Scale en participantes italianos y colombianos (respectivamente, 2(13) =16.073, p = .245 y 2(13) =10.352, p = .665). El Analisis de Invariancia ha sugerido factores de estructuras (Invariancia de Configuracion, 2 (26) = 26.423, p = .440) y pesos de los factores equivalentes entre los dos grupos (Invariancia Metrica, 2 (31) = 34.242, p = .315). Los datos no soportan la Invariancia Escalar (2 (38) = 82.058, p EnglishThis paper presents a theoretical review of the psychological construct of human curiosity and the Colombian version of the Self-Curiosity Attitude-Interest Scale. This is a two-factor self-report scale that assesses the attitude and the interest that people have to explore their own inner world. Two paired samples for gender, age and working class of Colombian (n = 170) and Italian (n = 195) participants (N = 365) were included in the study. Confirmatory Factor Analysis revealed a good fit of the data to the two-factor model of the Self-Curiosity Attitude-Interest Scale in Italian and Colombian subjects (respectively, 2(13) =16.073, p = .245 and 2(13) =10.352, p = .665). Also, Measurement Invariance Analysis suggested equivalent factor structures (Configural Invariance, 2 (26) = 26.423, p = .440) and factor loadings across the two groups (Metric Invariance, 2 (31) = 34.242, p = .315). The results do not support scalar invariance (2 (38) = 82.058, p