Psychometric Properties of the Environmental Reward Observation Scale

Study on Its Internal Structure, Factor Invariance, and Method Effect Associated With Its Negative Items

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ID13669153
AuthorsLindsey W Vilca (0000-0002-8537-9149, Universidad Peruana Unión, Lima, Peru, corresponding author), Robert Ivan Echabaudes-Ilizarbe (0000-0002-1746-2530, Universidad Peruana Unión, Lima, Peru), Jannia M Aquino-Hidalgo (Universidad Peruana Unión, Lima, Peru), José Ventura-León (0000-0003-2996-4244, Universidad Privada del Norte, Lima, Perú), Renzo Martinez‐munive (0000-0002-1882-9437, Private University of the North), Renzo Martinez-Munive (Universidad Privada del Norte, Lima, Perú), Michael White (0000-0001-7508-7882, Universidad Peruana Unión, Lima, Peru)
Year2020
Volume125
Issue1
Pages649-675
Publication date2020-12-24
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0033294120981930
PMID33356872
OpenAlexW3115070932
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited63

The aim of this study was to assess the factorial structure of the scale, the method's effect associated with its negative items, its temporal invariance, and factorial invariance according to sex. For this purpose, three samples were collected, an initial sample of 200 participants, a second sample of 461 participants and a third sample of 107 participants; making a total of 768 Peruvian university students. Other instruments were applied together with the EROS scale in order to measure satisfaction with life, anxiety, stress and depression. Regarding the results, in the initial sample it was found that the original scale containing positive and negative items does adequately fit the data (RMSEA = .19; CFI = .77; TLI = .71) and also evidence was found supporting the existence of a methodological effect associated with the negative items. It was also found that version B of the scale which only has positive items data fits the data (RMSEA = .13; CFI = .96; TLI = .95). In the second sample it was found that version B still had a good fit to the data in a larger sample (RMSEA = .07; CFI = .98; TLI = .98). In addition, it was found that the scale can be considered invariant according to sex and presents validity based on other constructs. In the third sample it was found that the test-retest reliability of the scale was adequate (.70 [CI95% .593-.788]) and also evidence was found in favor of the temporal invariance of the scale. It is concluded that the scale formed only by positive items presents more robust psychometric properties and constitutes a better alternative to measure the level of reward provided by the environment

Anxiety · Confirmatory factor analysis · Developmental psychology · Factorial · Measurement invariance · Psychometrics · Sample (material · Scale (ratio · Statistics · Structural equation modeling · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Clinical Psychology · Mathematics · Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Social Psychology

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