El objetivo del estudio fue estudiar la consistencia interna y dimensionalidad de la Escala de Rosenberg para Autoestima, ERA (Rosenberg,1989) en estudiantes de secundaria de Cartagena, Colombia. Un total de 951 estudiantes con edades entre 10 y 15 años, media de 12,3 años(DE=1,1) y 52,6% de sexo femenino, que cursaban sexto y séptimo grado en varios colegios públicos completaron la ERA; se usó el patrón derespuesta dicotómico. Se calcularon los coeficientes de confiabilidad, Kuder-Richardson (1934) y omega de McDonald (1970) y el coeficiente de unidimensionalidad de Mosier (1943). Se llevaron a cabo análisis factoriales exploratorios para conocer la estructura interna de la ERA. La ERA mostró Kuder-Richardson de 0,63 y coeficiente de Mosier de 0,61 (No es unidimensional). La dimensión/escala ‘autoconfianza’ presentó Kuder-Richardson y omega de McDonald de 0,76, que explicó 51,1% de la varianza. Y la dimensión/escala ‘autodesprecio’ obtuvo Kuder-Richardson de 0,55 y omega de McDonald de 0,57, responsable de 38,0% de la varianza. Se concluye que La ERA es una escala bidimensional, ‘autoconfianza’ y ‘autodesprecio’. La escala ‘autoconfianza’ presenta alta consistencia interna y aceptable solución factorial. Se debe revisar la conceptualización teórica y el contenido de la escala para ‘autodesprecio’ de la ERA.

This study evaluated the internal consistency of a Spanish version of the short form of the Francis Scale of Attitude Toward Christianity based on responses of 405 Colombian adolescent students ages 13 to 17 years. This translated short-form version of the scale had an internal consistency of .80. This estimate indicates suitable internal consistency reliability for research use in this population.

The short form of the Francis Scale of Attitude Toward Christianity (L. J. Francis, 1992) is a 7-item Likert-type scale that shows high homogeneity among adolescents. The psychometric performance of a shorter version of this scale has not been explored. The authors aimed to determine the internal consistency of a 5-item form of the Francis Scale of Attitude Toward Christianity among 405 students from a school in Cartagena, Colombia. The authors computed the Cronbach's alpha coefficient for the 5 items with a greater corrected item-total punctuation correlation. The version without Items 2 and 7 showed internal consistency of .87. The 5-item version of the Francis Scale of Attitude Toward Christianity exhibited higher internal consistency than did the 7-item version. Future researchers should corroborate this finding.

High self-esteem, intense religiousness and having a functional family were predictors of well-being among adolescent students in Cartagena, Colombia.

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The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence and variables associated with the pa ern of risky health behavior (PRHB) among adolescent students in Cartagena, Colombia. A cross-sectional study was designed to inves gate PRHB in a random cluster sample of students from middle and high schools. The associa ons were adjusted by logistic regression. A total of 2,625 students participated in this research, with ages from 10 to 20 years, mean=13.8 years (SD=2.0), and 54.3% were women. A total of 332 students reported PRHB (12.7%,

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