Dimensionalidad y propiedades psicométricas de la Escala SOC en estudiantes de la ESPOCH.

Abstract

Aaron Antonovsky proposed a new vision on health called the Sense of Coherence, proposed a scale of 29 items to measure it. In Ecuador, studies on the dimensionality and factorial structure of this scale have not been carried out, so the objective of the present study was to analyze its factorial structure and dimensionality. A cross-sectional study was conducted with 415 undergraduate students. General measures of age, sex, level of education were taken and the SOC-29 survey was applied. A total of 315 (75%) women and 100 (24%) men participated. The minimum age was 17 years and maximum 36 with a mean of 20.7. The mean value (ds) of the total SOC was 130.5 (16.1). The factorial analysis was performed and maximum convergence was achieved with 8 iterations, the number of factors, dimensions, optimal would consist of 4 to 5, these are related with the Antonovsky proposal and, therefore, can be applied in the youth population in Ecuador.