Title

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

Authors

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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