Validity and Internal Consistency of a Spanish Version of the Cognitive Flexibility Scale (CFS)
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López, M. B., Arán Filippetti, V., & Krumm, G. L. (2024). Validity and Internal Consistency of a Spanish Version of the Cognitive Flexibility Scale (CFS). International Journal of Psychological Research, 17(1), 53–62. https://doi.org/10.21500/20112084.6106
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Abstract
Objective. This study presents a Spanish version of the Cognitive Flexibility Scale (CFS), a subjective and brief instrument to measure Cognitive Flexibility (CF), and analyzes its psychometric characteristics. Method.
The items of the scale’s original version were adapted to Spanish. An interview containing the adapted version of the CFS, the Adult Executive Functioning Inventory (ADEXI), the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI), and sociodemographic data, was administered to an intentional sample of 369 Argentine adults, aged between 18 and 60, through an online platform. Results. The CFS’s internal consistency was high (α = .813). A two-factor model, Strengths and Difficulties in CF, showed the best fit
for the data. The CFS shows a negative correlation with the executive deficit and a positive correlations with empathy dimensions. Discussion. The Spanish-adapted version of the CFS shows satisfactory psychometric properties in the Argentine adult population.
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Dennis, J. P., Vander Wal, J. S. (2010). The Cognitive Flexibility Inventory: Instrument Development and Estimates of Reliability and Validity. Cognitive Therapy and Research 34, 241–253 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10608-009-9276-4
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Hayes, A. F., & Coutts, J. J. (2020). Use omega rather than Cronbach’s alpha for estimating reliability. But...Communication Methods and Measures,14(1), 1–24.https://doi.org/10.1080/19312458.2020.1718629
Heaton, R. K., Chelune, G. J., Talley, J. L., Kay, G. G., & Curtiss, G. (1993). Wisconsin Card Sorting Test manual. Psychological Assessment Resources.
Hernández, A., Hidalgo, M. D., Hambleton, R. K., &Gómez Benito, J. (2020). International test com-mission guidelines for test adaptation: A crite-rion checklist.Psicothema,32(3), 390–398.https://doi.org/10.7334/psicothema2019.306
Holst, Y., & Thorell, L. B. (2018). Adult executive functioning inventory (ADEXI): Validity, reliability, and relations to ADHD. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 27, e1567. https://doi.org/10.1002/mpr.1567
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Navarro, M. C., Quiroz Molinares, N., & Mebarak, M.(2022). Psychometric Study of the Cognitive Flexibility Inventory in a Colombian Sample.International Journal of Psychological Research,15(1), 42–54.
Osgood, C., Suci, G., Tannenbaum, P. (1957): The measurement of meaning. University of Illinois Press.
Stuss, D. T. & Benson, D. F. (1986). The frontal lobes. Raven Press.
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Regard, M., Strauss, E., & Knapp, P. (1982). Children’s production on verbal and non-verbal communication tasks. Perceptual and motor skills,55(3), 839–844.
Reitan, R. M., & Wolfson, D. (1993).The Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Test Battery: Theory and Clinical Interpretation.2nd edn. Neuropsychology Press, Tuscon, AZ.
Stuss, D. T., & Benson, D. F. (1986).The frontal lobes.Raven Press
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