Development and Validation of SERR Scale for Detecting Extremism and Religious Radicalism

  1. Rodolfo Ramos-Álvarez 1
  2. Maili Kapp
  3. Amanda Clinton
  4. Juan Manuel Fernández-Millán
  5. Fernando Cabo Castro
  6. Ana Isabel Giménez-López
  7. César Augusto Solano-Gálvis
  8. Mercedes Rodríguez-Ruíz
  9. RobertoM. Lobato
  1. 1 Universidad de Granada
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    Universidad de Granada

    Granada, España

    ROR https://ror.org/04njjy449

Zeitschrift:
Psicothema

ISSN: 0214-9915,  1886-144X

Datum der Publikation: 2022

Ausgabe: 34

Nummer: 4

Seiten: 593-602

Art: Artikel

DOI: 10.7334/PSICOTHEMA2022.119 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen Access editor

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Zusammenfassung

En consonancia con la creciente violencia religiosa, política y social en todo el mundo, este estudio evalúa las propiedades psicométricas de la escala para la detección del extremismo y el radicalismo religioso (SERR), una medida de autoinforme del extremismo y el radicalismo religioso. Método: los análisis factoriales y las evidencias de validez y fiabilidad se recopilaron utilizando una muestra de 1985 participantes de 58 ciudades distintas de España que se identificaron a sí mismos como practicantes activos de su religión. Resultados: los análisis estadísticos de las puntuaciones SERR arrojaron puntuaciones de consistencia interna aceptables (ω > .74) y confirmaron los factores clave asociados con el radicalismo y el extremismo. La estructura de la escala se confirmó como bidimensional (χ²(64) = 361.22, p < .001, CFI = 0.976, TLI = 0.970, RMSEA (90% CI) = 0.089 (0.080 - 0.098), SRMR = 0.064). Las puntuaciones de la dimensión de extremismo se correlacionaron significativa y positivamente con las puntuaciones del mismo factor en la Escala de Intención de Activismo y Radicalismo (r = 0,32, p < 0.001, n = 139). Conclusiones: los autores concluyen que el SERR muestra una fiabilidad y validez adecuadas para evaluar el grado de extremismo y radicalismo en creyentes cristianos/católicos y musulmanes.

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