Evidences of reliability and validity of the dispositional envy scale in Argentinian samples

The emotional experience of envy goes through different cultures. However, few instruments have been developed for its measurement. Smith et al. (1999) proposed the Dispositional Envy Scale (DES), which has shown good validity properties, stability and internal consistency in psychometric studies co...

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Autores principales: Débora Jeannette Mola, Bianca Analía Saavedra, Cecilia Reyna
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:8a5036e80245427dbddce1495953f2ce2021-11-25T02:22:22ZEvidences of reliability and validity of the dispositional envy scale in Argentinian samples10.21500/20112084.6682011-20842011-7922https://doaj.org/article/8a5036e80245427dbddce1495953f2ce2014-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistas.usb.edu.co/index.php/IJPR/article/view/668https://doaj.org/toc/2011-2084https://doaj.org/toc/2011-7922The emotional experience of envy goes through different cultures. However, few instruments have been developed for its measurement. Smith et al. (1999) proposed the Dispositional Envy Scale (DES), which has shown good validity properties, stability and internal consistency in psychometric studies conducted with U.S. and Brazilian samples. This research aimed at evaluating the psychometric properties of validity and reliability of the DES with samples of participants from Cordoba, Argentina, university students (n = 399) and adults from general population (n = 316). Furthermore, the Psychological Entitlement Scale and the Subjective Happiness Scale were applied. Analysis of exploratory and confirmatory factor structure provided evidence about the unidimensionality of the scale. Evidence of adequate internal consistency was obtained. Besides, envy was positively related to entitlement and it was negatively related to subjective happiness.Débora Jeannette MolaBianca Analía SaavedraCecilia ReynaUniversidad de San BuenaventuraarticleDispositional Envy ScalePsychometryfactor structureinternal consistency.PsychologyBF1-990ENESInternational Journal of Psychological Research, Vol 7, Iss 1 (2014)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
ES
topic Dispositional Envy Scale
Psychometry
factor structure
internal consistency.
Psychology
BF1-990
spellingShingle Dispositional Envy Scale
Psychometry
factor structure
internal consistency.
Psychology
BF1-990
Débora Jeannette Mola
Bianca Analía Saavedra
Cecilia Reyna
Evidences of reliability and validity of the dispositional envy scale in Argentinian samples
description The emotional experience of envy goes through different cultures. However, few instruments have been developed for its measurement. Smith et al. (1999) proposed the Dispositional Envy Scale (DES), which has shown good validity properties, stability and internal consistency in psychometric studies conducted with U.S. and Brazilian samples. This research aimed at evaluating the psychometric properties of validity and reliability of the DES with samples of participants from Cordoba, Argentina, university students (n = 399) and adults from general population (n = 316). Furthermore, the Psychological Entitlement Scale and the Subjective Happiness Scale were applied. Analysis of exploratory and confirmatory factor structure provided evidence about the unidimensionality of the scale. Evidence of adequate internal consistency was obtained. Besides, envy was positively related to entitlement and it was negatively related to subjective happiness.
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author Débora Jeannette Mola
Bianca Analía Saavedra
Cecilia Reyna
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Bianca Analía Saavedra
Cecilia Reyna
author_sort Débora Jeannette Mola
title Evidences of reliability and validity of the dispositional envy scale in Argentinian samples
title_short Evidences of reliability and validity of the dispositional envy scale in Argentinian samples
title_full Evidences of reliability and validity of the dispositional envy scale in Argentinian samples
title_fullStr Evidences of reliability and validity of the dispositional envy scale in Argentinian samples
title_full_unstemmed Evidences of reliability and validity of the dispositional envy scale in Argentinian samples
title_sort evidences of reliability and validity of the dispositional envy scale in argentinian samples
publisher Universidad de San Buenaventura
publishDate 2014
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