Abstract

ARIAS GALLEGOS, Walter; HUAMANI CAHUA, Julio Cesar  and  ALVAREZ SALINAS, Liliana Rosario. Psychometric Analysis of Forgiveness Scale in Couple Relationships among Women from Arequipa City. Rev. psicodebate: psicol. cult. soc. [online]. 2023, vol.23, n.1, pp.7-22.  Epub June 01, 2023. ISSN 2451-6600.  http://dx.doi.org/10.18682/pd.v23i1.5376.

Forgiveness is a construct with relevant clinical implications in people's health and wellbeing. In that sense, there had been designed various tests in order to assess the forgiveness with several objectives, perspectives and theoretical models. The present study has as aim the analysis of the psychometric properties of the Forgiveness Scale in Couple Relationships, in a sample of 1977 women from the city of Arequipa (in Peru), that were selected by mean of non-probabilistic methods. The results has confirmed the five factors structure of the scale, by confirmatory factor analysis, that count with optimal reliability indexes: Positive affect (α = .93), Benevolence (α = .89), Positive cognition (α = .88), Compassion (α = .89) and Positive behavior (α = .88). In addition, it have been presented a three levels interpretative scale and there were discussed the theoretical and practical implications of the test.

Keywords : couple forgiveness; women; validity; reliability; psychometrical analysis.

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