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Gloria Bernabé Valero, Joaquín García Alandete, José Francisco Gallego Pérez
Se desarrolló una escala para la medición de la gratitud. Un ban-co inicial de 50 ítems, construidos y revisados siguiendo criterios precisos, se administró a 330 universitarios españoles (242 mujeres, 72.5%; 88 hom-bres), con edades comprendidas entre 18 y 43 años, M = 23.33, DT = 4.87. Un Análisis Factorial Exploratorio dio lugar a una solución terminal de 20 ítems con una estructura interna de 4 factores, que se denominó Cuestionario de Gratitud�20 Ítems. Un Análisis Factorial Confirmatorio sobre la matriz de correlaciones policóricas mostró un adecuado ajuste de la escala. La escala y las componentes presentaron consistencia interna entre aceptable y alta. La validez concurrente se comprobó mediante correlación de Pearson con la escala Gratitude Questionnaire�Six Item Form, y la validez discriminante me-diante análisis confirmatorio de factores latentes con el Purpose-In-Life Test. Los resultados obtenidos indicaron que las dimensiones del Cuestionario de Gratitud�20 Ítems pueden estar estrechamente relacionadas con la gratitud
A new questionnaire was developed in order to have an instru-ment for the assessment of gratitude. An original pool of 50 items, con-structed and reviewed using accurate standards, was filled out by 330 Span-ish undergraduates (242 females, 72.5%; 88 males), aged 18-43, M = 23.33, SD = 4.87. An Exploratory Factor Analysis concluded with the selection of 20 items with an internal four-factors structure, resulting in a scale called Cuestionario de Gratitud�20 Items. A Confirmatory Factor Analysis using the matrix of policorics correlations showed an adequated fit of the model. The questionnaire and the four components showed an internal consisten-cy between acceptable and high. The concurrent validity was checked by means of Pearson�s correlation with the Gratitude Questionnaire�Six Items Form, and discriminant validity was checked by means of confirmatory analysis of latent factors with the Purpose-In-Life Test. The results indicated that the dimensions of the Cuestionario de Gratitud�20 Ítems may be closely related with gratitude
