The Personality Inventory for Youth (PIY) - Spanish version: Reliability and equivalence to the English version

    Authors

    C. Negy; D. Lachar;C. P. Gruber

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Hisp. J. Behav. Sci.

    Keywords

    Psychology, Multidisciplinary

    Abstract

    The present study, using bilingual (English-Spanish) college freshmen as participants, evaluated the psychometric characteristics of the Personality Inventory for Youth (PIY) that was translated into Spanish. The scales and subscales of the PIY-Spanish Version demonstrated internal consistency and temporal stability estimates comparable to their English counterparts established in both the present sample of college freshmen and in the PIY normative sample of students attending regular education classes ranging from 9 to 18 years of age. Multivariate analysis did not identify a language effect within the four study samples (English-English Spanish-Spanish, English-Spanish, Spanish-English) for either profile scales or subscales, and the substantial correlations between English and Spanish versions obtained from the same bilingual students approached and occasionally exceeded the limits established for temporal reliability in both English and Spanish translations.

    Journal Title

    Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences

    Volume

    20

    Issue/Number

    3

    Publication Date

    1-1-1998

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    391

    Last Page

    404

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000075368700007

    ISSN

    0739-9863

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