The modern racism scale: adaptation and psychometric evidence in university students from Cartagena de Indias ; Escala para racismo moderno: adaptación y evidencias psicométricas en universitarios de Cartagena de Indias ; A escala para racismo moderno: adaptação e evidências psicométricas em estudantes universitários do Cartagena de Indias

Objective: To identify the consistency and internal validity of the scale for modern racism adapted by the authors in university students in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. Methodology: Two studies were designed to validate the scale, in which 250 students from a Colombian university participated. Psychometric performance was evaluated, in the first study, by means of internal consistency, exploratory factor analysis, parallel analysis, and analyses based on eigenvalues and factor acceleration; and in the second study, by means of confirmatory factor analysis and internal consistency.Results: The adapted version of the 10-item modern racism scale applied in the first study exhibited a poor four-dimensional and two-dimensional model, and an acceptable one-dimensional model, with one factor responsible for 32.83% of the total variance, a mediocre internal consistency and an acceptable internal structure. The adapted and reduced version of the same scale (items 1, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8) presented a main factor that explained 50.24% of the total variance, a satisfactory internal consistency, an acceptable internal structure and satisfactory goodness-of-fit indicators.Conclusions: The adapted and reduced version of the scale for modern racism, elaborated by the authors, shows a better performance than the original version adapted to Hispanic American Spanish. This research provides a reduced instrument capable of evaluating a construct such as modern racism in a population sample with a high incidence in Colombian territory (Venezuelan migrants) ; Objetivo: Identificar la consistencia y validez interna de la escala para racismo moderno adaptada por los autores en universitarios de Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. Metodología: Se diseñaron dos estudios de validación de la escala, en el que participaron 250 estudiantes de una universidad colombiana. El desempeño psicométrico se evaluó, en el primer estudio, mediante la consistencia interna, el análisis factorial exploratorio, el análisis paralelo, y los análisis basados en ...