The Lexington Attachment to Pets Scale (LAPS) is perhaps the most widely used instrument to assess human emotional attachments to pets and is suitable for both dog and cat owners. However, this instrument has not been translated into Spanish. Thus, the present study aimed to assess the psychometric properties of the Mexican version of the Lexington Attachment to Pets Scale (LAPS-M), which was translated into Spanish and adapted for dog owners. We analyzed the internal consistency and factor structure in a convenience sample of 152 people; 56.6% were women and 43.4% were men, with a mean age of 32.4 years (SD = 10.9 years), who had, on average, two dogs for a period of 3.8 years. The results indicate that the scale has excellent internal consistency in its complete version, with a Cronbach's alpha of 0.96, and also in its three subscales, with Cronbach's alpha coefficients ranging from 0.83 to 0.94. Factor analysis suggests a unifactorial structure is appropriate. However, the goodness-of-fit indicated by confirmatory factor analysis statistics would likely improve with a larger sample size. When we compared the central tendency measures of the LAPS-M according to the type of relationship with the dog, we found higher scores among people who considered dogs to be family members than among those who considered dogs to be pets. Furthermore, people who reported that the relationship with their dog was burdensome or stressful had lower scores. We conclude that the Mexican version of the LAPS is adequate and that further studies with larger sample sizes will contribute to the evidence regarding its psychometric properties.
Background: The aim of the study was to evaluate the relationship between marital satisfaction, measured by the Relationship Assessment Scale, and the perceived impact of confinement due to COVID-19 in different areas of people’s lives, in a Mexican sample. Method: 101 people living as a couple, with an average age of 41.2 years (SD = 10.7), 54.5% women, and 45.5% of men were evaluated. Results: The main result was a negative and significant correlation that indicates that the greater the satisfaction in the relationship, the less impact of confinement in the areas of tranquility, happiness, health, physical condition, and emotional well-being. Conclusion: The people with higher marital satisfaction will perceive less impact during the contingency by COVID-19 in the different areas of the person's life.
<p>Esta investigación tiene como objetivo validar la Escala de Actitud hacia la Investigación. Se usó un muestreo de bola de nieve. Participaron 392 estudiantes de psicología de una universidad pública del noreste de México, 74.2% mujeres y 25.8% hombres. El análisis factorial exploratorio arrojó una estructura de tres factores: afectivo-conductual de ítems directos o redactados en sentido de aceptación (? ordinal = .90), cognoscitivo (? ordinal = .89) y conductual-afectivo de ítems inversos o redactados en sentido de rechazo (? ordinal = .87). El ajuste del modelo fue bueno (NFI = .95, RFI = .95, RMSEA = .02 y SRMR = .07) y los tres factores mostraron validez convergente (AVE > .50 y ? > .80) y discriminante (r2 F1,F2 < AVEF1 y AVEF2). La actitud promedio fue favorable hacia la investigación sin diferencia entre mujeres y hombres, salvo por un mayor promedio en el factor afectivo-conductual de ítems directos en hombres. El puntaje promedio más alto en estudiantes que piensan dedicarse a la investigación y la correlación positiva entre la escala y la calificación en la materia de investigación proporcionaron evidencias de validez de constructo. Se concluye que la escala presenta consistencia interna y validez de constructo.</p>
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