Instituto de Investigación de Psicología, Universidad de San Martín de Porres, Lima 34, Peru.
Centro de Investigación Transdisciplinar en Psicología, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Pico de Orizaba 1, Los Volcanes, Cuernavaca 62350, Mexico.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Jun 29;19(13):7978. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19137978.
Sensation seeking is a construct associated with risky behaviors over a wide age range, but validation studies in Mexico are lacking. The aim of this study was to investigate the validity of two versions of the Brief Sensation Seeking Scale (the BSSS-8 and BSSS-4) in young Mexican individuals. The sample consisted of 2884 students (age: M = 16.6, SD = 1.5) from five preparatory schools in Morelos, Mexico. The internal structure of the BSSS was evaluated according to the structural equation modeling (SEM) parameterization, including measurement invariance (compared to the factor loadings obtained in the meta-analysis); conditional reliability; and equivalence between versions. The unidimensionality and measurement invariance (configurational, factor loadings, thresholds, intercepts, and residuals) across sex and age groups were satisfactory, and the factor loadings were highly congruent with those obtained in the meta-analysis. Reliability was suitably high (greater than 0.80), especially near the mean scores, but was lower for extreme scores. Thus, the instrument was concluded to be optimal for defining the construct of sensation seeking, consistent with the findings of previous studies.
感觉寻求是一种与广泛年龄段的风险行为相关的建构，但在墨西哥缺乏验证研究。本研究的目的是调查两种简短感觉寻求量表（BSSS-8 和 BSSS-4）在年轻墨西哥个体中的有效性。样本由来自墨西哥莫雷洛斯州五所预备学校的 2884 名学生（年龄：M=16.6，SD=1.5）组成。根据结构方程模型（SEM）参数化评估 BSSS 的内部结构，包括测量不变性（与元分析中获得的因子负荷进行比较）；条件可靠性；以及版本之间的等效性。维度性和测量不变性（配置、因子负荷、阈值、截距和残差）在性别和年龄组之间是令人满意的，因子负荷与元分析中获得的高度一致。可靠性适当高（大于 0.80），尤其是在平均分数附近，但在极端分数处较低。因此，该工具被认为是定义感觉寻求结构的最佳工具，与先前研究的结果一致。
