Naive skepticism scale: development and validation tests applied to the chilean population.

IF 1.5 4区 心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Rodrigo Ferrer-Urbina, Yasna Ramírez, Patricio Mena-Chamorro, Marcos Carmona-Halty, Geraldy Sepúlveda-Páez
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Abstract

Background: Skepticism has traditionally been associated with critical thinking. However, philosophy has proposed a particular type of skepticism, termed naive skepticism, which may increase susceptibility to misinformation, especially when contrasting information from official sources. While some scales propose to measure skepticism, they are scarce and only measure specific topics; thus, new instruments are needed to assess this construct.

Objective: This study aimed to develop a scale to measure naive skepticism in the adult population.

Method: The study involved 446 individuals from the adult population. Subjects were randomly selected for either the pilot study (phase 2; n = 126) or the validity-testing study (phase 3; n = 320). Parallel analyses and exploratory structural equation modelling were conducted to assess the internal structure of the test. Scale reliability was estimated using Cronbach's alpha and McDonald's omega coefficients Finally, a multigroup confirmatory factor analysis was performed to assess invariance, and a Set- Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling was applied to estimate evidence of validity based on associations with other variables.

Results: The naive skepticism scale provided adequate levels of reliability (ω > 0.8), evidence of validity based on the internal structure of the test (CFI = 0.966; TLI = 0.951; RMSEA = 0.079), gender invariance, and a moderate inverse effect on attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccines.

Conclusions: The newly developed naive skepticism scale showed acceptable psychometric properties in an adult population, thus enabling the assessment of naive skepticism in similar demographics. This paper discusses the implications for the theoretical construct and possible limitations of the scale.

天真怀疑量表:应用于智利人口的开发和验证测试。
背景:怀疑论历来与批判性思维相关。然而,哲学提出了一种特殊类型的怀疑主义,即天真怀疑主义,这种怀疑主义可能会增加对错误信息的易感性,尤其是在对比官方来源的信息时。虽然有一些量表提出要测量怀疑主义,但这些量表很少,而且只能测量特定的主题;因此,需要新的工具来评估这一构造:本研究旨在开发一个量表来测量成年人的天真怀疑态度:研究涉及 446 名成年人。受试者被随机选入试验研究(第二阶段;n = 126)或有效性测试研究(第三阶段;n = 320)。为了评估测试的内部结构,我们进行了平行分析和探索性结构方程建模。最后,进行了多组确认性因素分析,以评估不变性,并应用集合探索性结构方程模型,根据与其他变量的关联来估计效度证据:结果:天真怀疑量表具有足够的信度(ω > 0.8)、基于测试内部结构的效度证据(CFI = 0.966;TLI = 0.951;RMSEA = 0.079)、性别不变性以及对 COVID-19 疫苗态度的适度反向影响:结论:新开发的天真怀疑主义量表在成人人群中显示出了可接受的心理测量特性,因此可以对类似人群的天真怀疑主义进行评估。本文讨论了该量表对理论构建的影响以及可能存在的局限性。
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Psicologia-Reflexao E Critica
Psicologia-Reflexao E Critica PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-
CiteScore
2.60
自引率
0.00%
发文量
35
审稿时长
24 weeks
期刊介绍: Psicologia: Reflexão & Crítica is a journal published three times a year by Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia do Desenvolvimento (Psychology Graduate Program) of the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul). Its objective is to publish original works in the psychology field: articles, short reports on research and reviews as well as to present to the scientific community texts which reflect a significant contribution for the psychology field. The short title of the journal is Psicol. Refl. Crít. It must be used regarding bibliographies, footnotes, as well as bibliographical strips and references.
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