Confirmatory factor analysis and factorial invariance of the mechanisms of the moral disengagement scale

• Gómez-Tabare, Anyerson S. ^[1] ; Nuñez, César ^[2] ; Grisales-Aguirre, Andrés M. ^[1] ; Zapata-Lesmes, Gastón ^[1] ; Arango-Tobón, Olber E ^[1]
  1. [1] Fundación Universitaria Luis Amigó

     Fundación Universitaria Luis Amigó

     Colombia

     
  2. [2] Universidad de Medellín

     Universidad de Medellín

     Colombia

     
• Localización: Anuario de psicología jurídica, ISSN 1133-0740, Nº. 34, 2024, págs. 75-84
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.5093/apj2023a10
• Títulos paralelos:
  • El análisis factorial confirmatorio y la invarianza factorial de los mecanismos de la Escala de Desconexión Moral
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  • español

    El objetivo de este estudio fue analizar la estructura factorial, características psicométricas e invarianza factorial por sexo, edad y ciudad de la Escala de Mecanismos de Desconexión Moral en jóvenes universitarios. Participaron 1,431 jóvenes entre 18 y 30 años (M = 20.86, DE = 3.64) de dos ciudades de Colombia. Mediante un análisis factorial confirmatorio (AFC) se contrastaron cuatro modelos hipotéticos. El AFC confirmó una estructura de un factor de primer orden (MD) que agrupa los ocho mecanismos de la desconexión moral (modelo 4), el cual explicó el 54.17% de la varianza total. El modelo final obtuvo un buen ajuste (χ2 = 12.514, RMSEA = .010, TLI = .999, AGFI = .993, CFI = 1.00, ECVI = .044 CMIN/df = 1.138). Se confirmó la invarianza métrica por sexo, edad y ciudad del modelo final propuesto. Los mecanismos de desconexión moral correlacionaron negativamente con la empatía y las tendencias prosociales. Se concluye que la escala es válida y fiable para evaluar la desconexión moral en jóvenes colombianos.

  • English

    The objective of this paper was to analyze the factorial structure, psychometric characteristics, and factorial invariance by sex, age, and city of the Mechanisms of Moral Disengagement Scale in young university students. A total of 1,431 young people between the ages of 18 and 30 (M = 20.86, SD = 3.64) from two Colombian cities participated in the study. A confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to test four hypothesized models. The CFA confirmed a first-order factor structure grouping the eight mechanisms of moral disengagement (Model 4), which explained 54.17% of the total variance. The final model obtained a good fit, χ2 = 12.514, RMSEA = .010, TLI = .999, AGFI = .993, CFI = 1.00, ECVI = .044, CMIN/df = 1.138. Factorial invariance by sex, age and city of the final proposed model was confirmed. Moral disengagement mechanisms were negatively correlated with empathy and prosocial tendencies. It is concluded that this scale is valid and reliable to assess moral disengagement in Colombian youth.

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