Research Article | Open Access
ECODI-27 Dissocial Behavior Scale in Peruvian Adolescents: A Psychometric Analysis
Fernando Joel Rosario Quiroz Jemmel Mario Monge Paucar Eddy Eugenio Garcia Garcia Martín Castro Santisteban Dino Fernando Mosquera Torres5
Pages: 578-585
Abstract
Dissocial behaviors precede antisocial personality disorder, which can generate great
difficulties for every society, which is why it is important to establish identification
mechanisms for this phenomenon to propose prevention mechanisms in educational
settings. This study sought to explore the psychometric benefits of the Disocial
Behavior Scale in Peruvian adolescents of secondary education, working with a
sample of 1000 students aged 15 to 18 years old. A new model of 23 items is proposed
with a distribution of three factors, which shows adequate adjustment indices obtained
through the confirmatory factor analysis χ2 / gl = 3.36, CFI = 0.94, TLI = 0.93,
SRMR = 0.04, RMSEA = 0.05 [95% CI 0.04-0.05], AIC = 69248. The reliability values
for the three proposed factors are optimal, Factor 1 (ω =.884), Factor 2 (ω =.845),
Factor 3 (ω =.787). It is concluded that the Dissocial Behavior Scale in the proposed
version of 23 items with three factors presents adequate psychometric indices.
Keywords
ECODI-27, Dissocial Behavior, Adolescents, Peruvians, Validity, Reliability.