Psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the Valuing Questionnaire in Colombian clinical and nonclinical samples
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OBJECTIVE: To examine the psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the Valuing Questionnaire (VQ) in Colombian clinical and nonclinical samples. METHOD: The VQ was administered to a total sample of 1820 participants, which included undergraduates (N = 762), general population (N = 724), and a clinical sample (N = 334). The questionnaire packages included measures of experiential avoidance, cognitive fusion, mindfulness, life satisfaction, and psychological difficulties. RESULTS: Across the different samples, internal consistency was good (global Cronbach's alpha of 0.83 for Progress and 0.82 for obstruction). Measurement invariance was found across samples and gender, and the two-factor model obtained a good fit to the data. The latent means of progress and obstruction of the clinical sample were lower and higher, respectively, than the latent means of the nonclinical samples. Correlations with other variables were in the expected direction. CONCLUSION: The Spanish version of the VQ showed good psychometric properties.
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No values measure has been developed or tested in Spanish, except for the recently published Spanish validation of the Valuing Questionnaire.
“However, no values measure has been developed or tested in Spanish, except for the recently published Spanish validation of the Valuing Questionnaire (Ruiz et al., 2022).”
From Psychometric properties of the engaged living scale (ELS) Spanish version in a large sample of Spanish pilgrims (2023) · cites this paper as Ruiz et al., 2022
In Colombian samples, the Spanish VQ showed good internal consistency and a good fit of the two-factor model.
“In the remaining study, Ruiz et al. (2021) administered the Spanish version of the VQ to three Colombian samples. The VQ showed good internal consistency across samples, and the two-factor model obtained a good fit to the data.”
From Psychometric properties of the Valuing Questionnaire in a Spaniard sample and factorial equivalence with a Colombian sample (2022) · cites this paper as Ruiz et al., 2021
Scalar measurement invariance of the Spanish VQ was found across Colombian clinical and nonclinical samples and gender.
“Additionally, scalar measurement invariance was found across clinical and nonclinical samples and gender.”
From Psychometric properties of the Valuing Questionnaire in a Spaniard sample and factorial equivalence with a Colombian sample (2022) · cites this paper as Ruiz et al., 2021
The Spanish version of the VQ showed good psychometric properties in Colombian samples.
“The Spanish version of the VQ showed good psychometric properties in Colombian samples.”
From Psychometric properties of the Valuing Questionnaire in a Spaniard sample and factorial equivalence with a Colombian sample (2022) · cites this paper as Ruiz et al., 2021
There are only three validation studies of the VQ in other languages.
“To our best knowledge, there are only three validation studies of the VQ in other languages.”
From Psychometric properties of the Valuing Questionnaire in a Spaniard sample and factorial equivalence with a Colombian sample (2022) · cites this paper as Ruiz et al., 2021
The convergent construct validity of the VQ has been supported in subsequent studies.
“The convergent construct validity of the VQ has been supported in subsequent studies (Carvalho et al., 2018; Rickardsson et al., 2019; Ruiz et al., 2021).”
From Psychometric properties of the Valuing Questionnaire in a Spaniard sample and factorial equivalence with a Colombian sample (2022) · cites this paper as Ruiz et al., 2021
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- Authors
- Ruiz, F. J., Suárez‐Falcón, J. C., Segura‐Vargas, M. A., & Gil‐Luciano, B.
- Affiliations
- Fundación Universitaria Konrad Lorenz (CO)
- Faculty of Psychology Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED) Madrid Spain
- Madrid Institute of Contextual Psychology Madrid Spain
- Corresponding author
- Ruiz, Francisco J.
- Venue
- Journal of Clinical Psychology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2021-07-09
- Volume
- 78
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 233-248
- ISSN
- 0021-9762 (ISSN-L)
- 1097-4679
- OpenAlex
- W3181702924
- Cited by
- 22
- References
- 57
- Citations by year
- 2026: 6 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1
- FWCI
- 2.22
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- e-spacio.uned.es
- Licence
- Locations
- Journal of Clinical Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Espacio Tiempo y Forma Serie I Prehistoria y Arqueología (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- UNED repository (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Keywords
- Spanish adaptation, experiential avoidance, cognitive fusion, mindfulness, life satisfaction, psychological difficulties, measurement invariance, two-factor model, Colombian population
- MeSH terms
- Colombia, Humans, Psychometrics, Surveys and Questionnaires, Reproducibility of Results, Mindfulness
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