Abstract

GONZALEZ-CIFUENTES, Carlos; CANAS-SANCHEZ, Ericka; OLAYA-HIGUERA, Martha  and  NIETO-SILVA, Carlos. Adaptation, validation and psychometric properties of the “Crisis State Assessment Scale” (CSAS), in a sample of technical and university students in Colombia. Psychol. av. discip. [online]. 2019, vol.13, n.1, pp.73-87.  Epub Dec 28, 2020. ISSN 1900-2386.  https://doi.org/10.21500/19002386.3537.

The objective of the present instrumental study was to adapt and analyze the validity and reliability of the “Crisis State Assessment Scale” (“CSAS”, Lewis, 2005) in a sample of 648 Colombian students in technical or university training. The translation and adaptation of the scale were done through the translation back technique; the resulting Spanish version was subjected to an exploratory instrumental study with 129 participants. A total Cronbach´s alpha coefficient of 0.84 was obtained, indicating a good internal consistency for the adapted instrument, then we proceeded to the factorial validation phase. The instrument evaluates the following three psychological constructs: the intensity of the psychological crisis state, the perception of the stressful event and the perception of the problems of coping. The Cronbach’s alpha coefficient in the validation sample was 0.88 (n = 648), indicating adequate accuracy in the instrumental measurement. The exploratory factor analysis of principal axes with promax rotation yielded a well-defined bifactorial structure that explains 60% of the common variance. In the confirmatory factor analysis, the best fit indexes between the empirical data and the theoretical models tested correspond to the model that postulates that there are two factors in first order, Perception of the Stressful Event “PSE” and Perceived Problems in Coping “PPC”, and that they are explained by a second-order emergent factor that corresponds to the construct of the Crisis State “CS”, The above data support a construct validity congruent with the transactional theory of stress of Lazarus and Folkman, (1984). Pearson’s correlations between the total score and the “Perceived Stress Scale” was 0.70, supporting concurrent validity. In conclusion, these results suggest that the adapted to Spanish version of the “Crisis State Assessment Scale” (“CSAS”) has satisfactory psychometric properties to be used in the Colombian population and that the ítems that compose it are understood without problems of cultural adaptation.

Keywords : psychological emergency; psychological triage; cross-cultural adaptation; psychological assessment; psychometry.

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