Transition to Adulthood Autonomy Scale for Young People: Design and Validation.

ABSTRACT: Given that autonomy is a fundamental process in the transition to adulthood, there are several scales that measure the concept as a main construct or a constituent feature of broader constructs. However, most of these scales are based on a notion of autonomy focused on the individual, while the proposed scale aims to incorporate the idea of the individual mediated by others and society. This article aims to show the results of the design and validation process of the Transition to Adulthood Autonomy Scale (EDATVA), which was developed using this approach. A group of 61 items with a Likert-type response scale of four options was used on a sample of 1,148 Spanish and Colombian individuals, aged between 16 and 21. A systematic process was performed using an exploratory factorial analysis. Add

SUBMITTER: Bernal Romero T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7100080 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature