Psychological Adaptation Scale to Genetic Counseling: Validation of a Spanish Version for Parents

The objective of this work is to present the validation of an instrument to measure the psychological adaptation in parents to a disease or genetic risk in their children: Psychological Adaptation Scale to Genetic Counseling. A methodological study was carried out, with a sample of 203 cases. Constr...

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Autores principales: Vázquez, Natalia, Ortega, Javiera, Scavone, Kevin, Samaniego, Viginia Corina, Arberas, Claudia
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spelling I10-R10-article-301062021-06-05T19:48:07Z Psychological Adaptation Scale to Genetic Counseling: Validation of a Spanish Version for Parents Escala de Adaptación Psicológica al Asesoramiento Genético (EAP-AG): validación de una versión en español para padres Vázquez, Natalia Ortega, Javiera Scavone, Kevin Samaniego, Viginia Corina Arberas, Claudia validation psychometric properties psychological adaptation genetic counselling validación propiedades psicométricas adaptación psicológica asesoramiento genético The objective of this work is to present the validation of an instrument to measure the psychological adaptation in parents to a disease or genetic risk in their children: Psychological Adaptation Scale to Genetic Counseling. A methodological study was carried out, with a sample of 203 cases. Construct validity was studied by a parallel analysis and an exploratory factor analysis. The significance of the Bartlett sphericity test (χ2 (105) = 1928.4; p < .001) was significant and the Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) sample adequacy index indicated an adequacy of .87. A single factor was obtained that explained 45% of the variance. Reliability was studied using the Cronbach’s alpha coefficient, finding a high value of internal consistency α = .915. The present study offers the first valid and reliable instrument in Spanish to measure, in parents, their psychological adaptation to a disease or genetic risk in their children. El objetivo de este trabajo es presentar la validación de un instrumento para medir en los padres la adaptación psicológica a una enfermedad o riesgo genético en sus hijos: Escala de Adaptación Psicológica al Asesoramiento Genético (EAP-AG). Se realizó un estudio metodológico, con una muestra de 203 casos. La validez de constructo fue estudiada mediante un análisis paralelo y un análisis factorial exploratorio. La significación del test de esfericidad de Bartlett (χ2 (105) = 1928.4; p < .001) fue significativa y el índice de adecuación muestral Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) indicó una adecuación de .87. Se obtuvo un único factor que explicó el 45% de la varianza. La confiabilidad fue estudiada mediante el coeficiente alfa de Cronbach y se encontró un valor alto de consistencia interna α = .915. El presente estudio ofrece el primer instrumento en español válido y confiable para medir en los padres la adaptación psicológica a la enfermedad o riesgo genético en sus hijos.  Facultad de Psicología. Laboratorio de Evaluación Psicológica y Educativa (LEPE) 2020-08-27 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/revaluar/article/view/30106 Revista Evaluar; Vol. 20 Núm. 2 (2020); 20-34 1667-4545 1515-1867 10.35670/1667-4545.v20.n2 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/revaluar/article/view/30106/30857 Derechos de autor 2020 Natalia Vázquez, Javiera Ortega, Kevin Scavone, Viginia Corina Samaniego, Claudia Arberas http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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topic validation
psychometric properties
psychological adaptation
genetic counselling
validación
propiedades psicométricas
adaptación psicológica
asesoramiento genético
spellingShingle validation
psychometric properties
psychological adaptation
genetic counselling
validación
propiedades psicométricas
adaptación psicológica
asesoramiento genético
Vázquez, Natalia
Ortega, Javiera
Scavone, Kevin
Samaniego, Viginia Corina
Arberas, Claudia
Psychological Adaptation Scale to Genetic Counseling: Validation of a Spanish Version for Parents
topic_facet validation
psychometric properties
psychological adaptation
genetic counselling
validación
propiedades psicométricas
adaptación psicológica
asesoramiento genético
author Vázquez, Natalia
Ortega, Javiera
Scavone, Kevin
Samaniego, Viginia Corina
Arberas, Claudia
author_facet Vázquez, Natalia
Ortega, Javiera
Scavone, Kevin
Samaniego, Viginia Corina
Arberas, Claudia
author_sort Vázquez, Natalia
title Psychological Adaptation Scale to Genetic Counseling: Validation of a Spanish Version for Parents
title_short Psychological Adaptation Scale to Genetic Counseling: Validation of a Spanish Version for Parents
title_full Psychological Adaptation Scale to Genetic Counseling: Validation of a Spanish Version for Parents
title_fullStr Psychological Adaptation Scale to Genetic Counseling: Validation of a Spanish Version for Parents
title_full_unstemmed Psychological Adaptation Scale to Genetic Counseling: Validation of a Spanish Version for Parents
title_sort psychological adaptation scale to genetic counseling: validation of a spanish version for parents
description The objective of this work is to present the validation of an instrument to measure the psychological adaptation in parents to a disease or genetic risk in their children: Psychological Adaptation Scale to Genetic Counseling. A methodological study was carried out, with a sample of 203 cases. Construct validity was studied by a parallel analysis and an exploratory factor analysis. The significance of the Bartlett sphericity test (χ2 (105) = 1928.4; p < .001) was significant and the Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) sample adequacy index indicated an adequacy of .87. A single factor was obtained that explained 45% of the variance. Reliability was studied using the Cronbach’s alpha coefficient, finding a high value of internal consistency α = .915. The present study offers the first valid and reliable instrument in Spanish to measure, in parents, their psychological adaptation to a disease or genetic risk in their children.
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