Propiedades psicométricas y dimensionalidad de la versión española para niños y adolescentes del Personality Assessment Questionnaire (PAQ)

摘要: The aim of this study is to examine the psychometric properties Spanish version the  Personality Assessment Questionnaire  for children (PAQ; Rohner y Khaleque, 2005), as well analyze its dimensionality. 469 subjects from several public schools in different cities whose ages ranged 9 16 took part (Mean age: 13.11; SD: 2.5). After carrying out a confirmatory factor analysis instrument, dimensional structure original PAQ was corroborated. Additionally, results reveale an adequate internal consistency for global score (α= .82) each single dimension. Crierion validity also significant, confirming obtained previous research. Data related convergent using main dimensions Youth Self Report  (YSR; Achenbach Rescorla, 2001) suggest it appropriate. Further studies will focus on examining depth level discrimination instrument by means criterial groups usefulness within age groups. stability over time should be examined.