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Psychometric Properties of the Indebtedness Scale (IS-R) in Spanish University Students
The importance of trait indebtedness in the context of the study of gratitude has been growing in recent years, since both constructs form complex dynamics in response to the reception of a gift. In this work, the disposition to feel indebtedness is studied, through analysis of convergence and diver...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6650596/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31379634 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01094 |
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author | Bernabé-Valero, Gloria Moret-Tatay, Carmen Iborra-Marmolejo, Isabel Blasco-Magraner, José Salvador |
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description | The importance of trait indebtedness in the context of the study of gratitude has been growing in recent years, since both constructs form complex dynamics in response to the reception of a gift. In this work, the disposition to feel indebtedness is studied, through analysis of convergence and divergence, exploratory, and confirmatory analysis in the Spanish population, with the most used measurement instrument, i.e. The Revised Indebtedness Scale, IS-R. This scale depicted a four factor solution interrelated with a high consistency of content, which allows their labeling and describing. To do this, two samples of university students were selected; one of the sample sizes had 229 participants and the other 200 participants. Results also indicated good internal consistency described as follows: Debt for material aspects (α = 0.81), Self-sufficiency and discomfort in receiving help (α = 0.82), Moral self-demand in the reception of help (α = 0.83) and Debt in the receipt of gifts (α = 0.75). Furthermore, it was suggested that the relationships between gratitude and indebtedness are complex: on the one hand, all the indebtedness factors are inversely correlated with gratitude, such as the GQ5, although only Self-sufficiency and discomfort in receiving help and Debt in the receipt of gifts are such to a significant extent. However, the Interpersonal Gratitude scale of the G-20 depicted low correlations only with the Self-sufficiency and discomfort. The results are discussed in relation to the need for conceptual definition of the constructs in Positive Psychology. |
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spelling | pubmed-66505962019-08-02 Psychometric Properties of the Indebtedness Scale (IS-R) in Spanish University Students Bernabé-Valero, Gloria Moret-Tatay, Carmen Iborra-Marmolejo, Isabel Blasco-Magraner, José Salvador Front Psychol Psychology The importance of trait indebtedness in the context of the study of gratitude has been growing in recent years, since both constructs form complex dynamics in response to the reception of a gift. In this work, the disposition to feel indebtedness is studied, through analysis of convergence and divergence, exploratory, and confirmatory analysis in the Spanish population, with the most used measurement instrument, i.e. The Revised Indebtedness Scale, IS-R. This scale depicted a four factor solution interrelated with a high consistency of content, which allows their labeling and describing. To do this, two samples of university students were selected; one of the sample sizes had 229 participants and the other 200 participants. Results also indicated good internal consistency described as follows: Debt for material aspects (α = 0.81), Self-sufficiency and discomfort in receiving help (α = 0.82), Moral self-demand in the reception of help (α = 0.83) and Debt in the receipt of gifts (α = 0.75). Furthermore, it was suggested that the relationships between gratitude and indebtedness are complex: on the one hand, all the indebtedness factors are inversely correlated with gratitude, such as the GQ5, although only Self-sufficiency and discomfort in receiving help and Debt in the receipt of gifts are such to a significant extent. However, the Interpersonal Gratitude scale of the G-20 depicted low correlations only with the Self-sufficiency and discomfort. The results are discussed in relation to the need for conceptual definition of the constructs in Positive Psychology. Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-07-17 /pmc/articles/PMC6650596/ /pubmed/31379634 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01094 Text en Copyright © 2019 Bernabé-Valero, Moret-Tatay, Iborra-Marmolejo and Blasco-Magraner. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Bernabé-Valero, Gloria Moret-Tatay, Carmen Iborra-Marmolejo, Isabel Blasco-Magraner, José Salvador Psychometric Properties of the Indebtedness Scale (IS-R) in Spanish University Students |
title | Psychometric Properties of the Indebtedness Scale (IS-R) in Spanish University Students |
title_full | Psychometric Properties of the Indebtedness Scale (IS-R) in Spanish University Students |
title_fullStr | Psychometric Properties of the Indebtedness Scale (IS-R) in Spanish University Students |
title_full_unstemmed | Psychometric Properties of the Indebtedness Scale (IS-R) in Spanish University Students |
title_short | Psychometric Properties of the Indebtedness Scale (IS-R) in Spanish University Students |
title_sort | psychometric properties of the indebtedness scale (is-r) in spanish university students |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6650596/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31379634 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01094 |
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