The short form of the VIA Inventory of Strengths

  1. Carolina M. Azañedo 1
  2. Enrique G. Fernández-Abascal 2
  3. Jorge Barraca 3
  1. 1 Centro Universitario Cardenal Cisneros
  2. 2 Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
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    Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia

    Madrid, España

    ROR https://ror.org/02msb5n36

  3. 3 Universidad Camilo José Cela
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    Universidad Camilo José Cela

    Villanueva de la Cañada, España

    ROR https://ror.org/03f6h9044

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Journal:
Psicothema

ISSN: 0214-9915

Year of publication: 2017

Volume: 29

Issue: 2

Pages: 254-260

Type: Article

DOI: 10.7334/PSICOTHEMA2016.225 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

Antecedentes: el Instituto VIA ha presentado el cuestionario de fortalezas VIA-120 como el cuestionario estándar, que reemplaza a la versión original de 240 ítems. Este trabajo consistió en la construcción y evaluación inicial de la versión española del VIA-120, una versión corta de la adaptación española del cuestionario de fortalezas VIA-IS. Método: esta versión corta fue desarrollada a partir de los datos de 2.143 adultos y se construyó mediante la selección de los cinco ítems con los mayores coeficientes de correlación elemento-total de cada subescala original. Resultados: los resultados respaldaron la fiabilidad y validez de la versión española del VIA-120 para medir las 24 fortalezas de la clasificación VIA. Los coeficientes de consistencia interna de las subescalas del VIA-120 fueron sustancialmente equivalentes a los de la versión larga. La versión reducida mostró una alta convergencia con el cuestionario original en relación a los estadísticos descriptivos y las correlaciones con satisfacción vital y afecto positivo y negativo. Los coeficientes de congruencia indicaron también una elevada convergencia entre las estructuras factoriales de ambas versiones. Conclusiones: la versión española del VIA-120 constituye un instrumento válido y fiable para la evaluación de las fortalezas personales.

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