Mesurado Belén, Vanney Claudia E
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Instituto de Filosofía, Universidad Austral, Pilar, Argentina.
Int J Appl Posit Psychol. 2024;9(3):1803-1826. doi: 10.1007/s41042-024-00193-y. Epub 2024 Sep 16.
The main objective of this paper is to develop a scale that can facilitate a comprehensive assessment of intellectual virtues. To our knowledge, no instrument has been designed to assess virtuous intellectual character as a global construct, and this article aimed to fill this research gap through two studies. The first study aimed to investigate the construct validity and reliability of the scale, while the second study aimed to confirm the factorial structure observed in Study 1 and to analyze the convergent validity of the new scale. Study 1 included 545 college students (mean age = 19.57 years, SD = 1.41) enrolled in 33 undergraduate degree programs at Argentinean universities. Study 2 included 700 college students (mean age = 18.07, SD = 0.95). The EFA carried out in Study 1 identified five dimensions of the VICS (attentiveness, open-mindedness, curiosity, carefulness, and intellectual autonomy), and the CFA carried out in Study 2 validated the five-factor structure. A bifactor model indicated that each group of items was related to a specific virtue while simultaneously being linked to a bifactor or global construct, i.e., "a virtuous intellectual character." Our results confirm the existence of a global construct while preserving the specificity of each virtue. The results of Study 2 indicated that the VICS total score and its five factors are associated with intellectual humility, deep thinking, bravery, academic engagement, and social and psychological well-being. However, all intellectual virtues were only weakly associated with emotional well-being. Finally, both studies indicated good reliability of the VICS.
本文的主要目的是开发一种能够促进对智力美德进行全面评估的量表。据我们所知，尚未设计出用于评估作为一个整体概念的良性智力特征的工具，本文旨在通过两项研究填补这一研究空白。第一项研究旨在调查该量表的结构效度和信度，而第二项研究旨在确认在研究1中观察到的因子结构，并分析新量表的收敛效度。研究1包括545名就读于阿根廷大学33个本科学位课程的大学生（平均年龄 = 19.57岁，标准差 = 1.41）。研究2包括700名大学生（平均年龄 = 18.07，标准差 = 0.95）。在研究1中进行的探索性因子分析确定了智力美德量表（VICS）的五个维度（专注度、开放性思维、好奇心、谨慎性和智力自主性），在研究2中进行的验证性因子分析验证了五因素结构。一个双因素模型表明，每组项目都与一种特定的美德相关，同时又与一个双因素或整体概念，即“良性智力特征”相联系。我们的结果证实了整体概念的存在，同时保留了每种美德的特殊性。研究2的结果表明，智力美德量表总分及其五个因子与智力谦逊、深入思考、勇敢、学业参与以及社会和心理健康相关。然而，所有智力美德与情绪健康的关联都较弱。最后，两项研究均表明智力美德量表具有良好的信度。
