What is it about?
La evaluación del comportamiento de los niños y adolescentes en edad escolar es relevante para la detección de grupos de riesgo en ámbitos educativos y clínicos. Frecuentemente se realiza a través de cuestionarios que muestran algunos problemas metodológicos no resueltos. El presente estudio explora los factores principales del Cuestionario de Comportamiento Infantil y Adolescente, instrumento en desarrollo diseñado para evaluar la población infanto-juvenil sana, a través del criterio de maestros en Cuba. Fueron seleccionados por muestreo no probabilístico 6,993 niños y adolescentes, del municipio Centro Habana: 4,991 (71.37%) escolares de primaria entre 6 y 12 años de edad y 2,002 estudiantes de secundaria entre 11 y 15 años de edad; de ellos, 3,528 (50.45%) fueron mujeres y 3,465 hombres. Un análisis de factores principales iterados con rotación varimax normalizada extrajo tres factores, que explican el 70.94% de la varianza total: control de comportamiento, desempeño cognitivo escolar y socialización.
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Why is it important?
Se discuten las posibles relaciones de estos resultados con distintos del desarrollo psicológico, la neuromaduración y los procesos educativos.
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Reports regarding behavior in children and adolescents in school age are useful to detect risk groups in educational as well as clinical environments. Usually, these reports are obtained from questionnaires that are impaired by non-solved methodological problems. This study explores the principal factors of the Child and Adolescent Behavior Questionnaire, an instrument previously designed to assess healthy children and adolescents through teacher reports in Cuba. A non-probabilistic sample of 6,993 children and adolescents from Centro Habana municipality was assessed: 4,991 (71.37%) were elementary school students, aged 6-12 years; 2,002 were junior high school students, aged 11-15 years; 3,528 were females (50.45%), 3,465 were males. According to an iterated principal factor analysis with varimax-normalized rotation, three factors explained 70.94% of the total variance: Behavioral Control, School Cognitive Performance, and Socialization. Possible relations between these results, psychological development, neuromaturation, and education are discussed.
Antonio L. Manzanero
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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This page is a summary of: Cuestionario de Comportamiento Infantil y Adolescente. Análisis Factorial Exploratorio en una Muestra de Escolares Cubanos, Psicologí a Educativa, January 2018, Colegio Oficial de Psicologos de Madrid,
DOI: 10.5093/psed2018a6.
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