Estructura Interna y Validez del Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test Versión Niños en una Muestra Colombiana de Estudiantes de Secundaria

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Revista Colombiana de Psiquiatria Pub Date : 2024-07-01 DOI:10.1016/j.rcp.2022.07.002

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Abstract

Introduction and objectives

Social cognition is a broad set of processes related to interpersonal interaction, social adjustment, and a whole array of complex social behaviours. Disturbances in these processes are a key feature of many psychiatric disorders, therefore the adaptation and validation of assessment tools to measure social cognition performance are critical for correct diagnosis and treatment. One popular assessment tool is the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test (RMET), which is used to measure individual ability regarding social cognition skills. Despite its remarkable popularity, to date there is no record about its psychometric features in Spanish-speaking children. Therefore, the aim of this research was to assess the internal consistency, convergent validity, and factorial structure of the RMET in children.

Methods

Our sample consisted of school students (n = 509; 315 males, and 194 females) from sixth to ninth grade with ages ranging from 10 to 16 years old.

Results

The RMET has acceptable internal consistency, moderate convergent validity, and acceptable adjustment to a unidimensional factorial structure that could be improved by using a shortened version. No significant differences between sex and age groups were found, average performance scores of each test seem to be similar to those from akin cultural backgrounds (Spain or Argentina).

Conclusions

The RMET has acceptable reliability and validity and is therefore a suitable test for differentiating theory of mind skills in typically developing populations. Its psychometric properties should be investigated in clinical samples and other age groups.

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哥伦比亚中学生阅读《眼中的心》测试版儿童的内部结构和有效性

引言和目标：社会认知是与人际交往、社会适应以及一系列复杂的社会行为相关的广泛过程。这些过程的紊乱是许多精神疾病的主要特征，因此，调整和验证用于测量社会认知表现的评估工具对于正确诊断和治疗至关重要。其中一种流行的评估工具是 "读心测试"（RMET），用于测量个人的社会认知能力。尽管它非常受欢迎，但迄今为止，还没有关于它在西班牙语儿童中的心理测量特征的记录。因此，本研究的目的是评估 RMET 在儿童中的内部一致性、收敛效度和因子结构。结果 RMET 具有可接受的内部一致性、适度的收敛效度和可接受的单维因子结构调整，可通过使用缩短版加以改进。结论RMET具有可接受的信度和效度，因此适合用于区分典型发育人群的心智理论技能。应在临床样本和其他年龄组中对其心理计量特性进行研究。

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Revista Colombiana de Psiquiatria Medicine-Psychiatry and Mental Health

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期刊介绍： Revista Colombiana de Psiquiatría (RCP) is a quarterly official publication of Colombian Psychiatry Association (March, June, September and December) and its purpose is to spread different the knowledge models that currently constitute the theoretical and practical body of our specialty. Psychiatrists, psychiatric residents, non psychiatric physicians, psychologists, philosophers or other health professionals or persons interested in this area can take part in the magazine. This journal publishes original works, revision or updating articles, case reports of all psychiatry and mental health areas, epistemology, mind philosophy, bioethics and also articles about methodology of investigation and critical reading.