Ruiz Francisco J, Segura-Vargas Miguel A, Odriozola-González Paula, Suárez-Falcón Juan C
Fundación Universitaria Konrad Lorenz, Bogotá, Colombia.
Universidad de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain.
PeerJ. 2020 Sep 16;8:e9747. doi: 10.7717/peerj.9747. eCollection 2020.
The ATQ is a widely used instrument consisting of 30 items that assess the frequency of negative automatic thoughts. However, the extensive length of the ATQ could compromise its measurement efficiency in survey research. Consequently, an 8-item shortened version of the ATQ has been developed. This study aims to analyze the validity of the ATQ-8 in two Spanish samples.
The ATQ-8 was administered to a total sample of 1,148 participants (302 undergraduates and 846 general online population). To analyze convergent construct validity, the questionnaire package also included the Dysfunctional Attitude Scale-Revised (DAS-R), Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21), Acceptance Action Questionnaire-II (AAQ-II), Cognitive Fusion Questionnaire (CFQ), Generalized Pliance Questionnaire (GPQ), and Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS). To analyze internal consistency, we computed Cronbach's alpha and McDonald's omega. A confirmatory factor analysis was conducted to test the one-factor structure of the ATQ-8. In so doing, a robust diagonally weighted least square estimation method (Robust DWLS) was adopted using polychoric correlations. Afterward, we analyzed measurement invariance across samples, gender, groupage, and education level. Lastly, we evaluated convergent construct validity by computing Pearson correlations between the ATQ-8 and the remaining instruments.
The internal consistency across samples was adequate (alpha and omega = .89). The one-factor model demonstrated a good fit to the data (RMSEA = 0.10, 90% CI [0.089, 0.112], CFI = 0.98, NNFI = 0.97, and SRMR = 0.048). The ATQ-8 showed scalar metric invariance across samples, gender, groupage, and education level. The ATQ-8 scores were significantly associated with emotional symptoms (DASS-21), satisfaction with life (SWLS), dysfunctional schemas (DAS-R), cognitive fusion (CFQ), experiential avoidance (AAQ-II), and generalized pliance (GPQ). In conclusion, the Spanish version of the ATQ-8 demonstrated adequate psychometric properties in Spanish samples.
自动思维问卷（ATQ）是一种广泛使用的工具，由30个项目组成，用于评估消极自动思维的频率。然而，ATQ篇幅过长可能会影响其在调查研究中的测量效率。因此，已开发出一个由8个项目组成的ATQ简版。本研究旨在分析西班牙语样本中ATQ-8的效度。
对总共1148名参与者（302名本科生和846名普通在线人群）进行了ATQ-8测试。为分析聚合效度，问卷包还包括功能失调性态度量表修订版（DAS-R）、抑郁焦虑压力量表-21（DASS-21）、接纳行动问卷-II（AAQ-II）、认知融合问卷（CFQ）、广义顺从问卷（GPQ）和生活满意度量表（SWLS）。为分析内部一致性，我们计算了克朗巴哈系数（Cronbach's alpha）和麦克唐纳欧米伽系数（McDonald's omega）。进行验证性因素分析以检验ATQ-8的单因素结构。在此过程中，采用稳健对角加权最小二乘估计法（Robust DWLS），使用多系列相关进行分析。之后，我们分析了样本、性别、年龄组和教育水平之间的测量不变性。最后，通过计算ATQ-8与其他工具之间的皮尔逊相关性来评估聚合效度。
各样本间的内部一致性良好（alpha和omega = 0.89）。单因素模型与数据拟合良好（RMSEA = 0.10，90%置信区间[0.089, 0.112]，CFI = 0.98，NNFI = 0.97，SRMR = 0.048）。ATQ-8在样本、性别、年龄组和教育水平之间显示出标量测量不变性。ATQ-8得分与情绪症状（DASS-21）、生活满意度（SWLS）、功能失调性图式（DAS-R）、认知融合（CFQ）、经验性回避（AAQ-II）和广义顺从（GPQ）显著相关。总之，西班牙语版的ATQ-8在西班牙语样本中表现出良好的心理测量学特性。
