Presentation

Cristina Sacaquirín Rivadeneira¹, Paúl Arias-Medina^2
1Center for Rest and Addictions (CRA), ²University of Cuenca

Abstract

The objective of this study was to carry out a confirmatory and internal consistency analysis of the Scale of Sexual Harassment and Social Interaction in the University setting ( EASIS- U) developed by Navarro, Ferrer and Bosch (2016) in the Ecuadorian context. For this, a previous database was used ( Sacaquirin , 2019) where a nonprobabilistic, incidental sampling was applied. The sample was made up of 591 university students enrolled in the Psychology program at the University of Cuenca, Ecuador. The original model is evaluated using the DWLS estimator. The results show that the goodness of fit is not completely acceptable (χ²= 1112.918, gl = 658.000, CFI =.99, TLI =.989, SRMR =.113, RMSEA =0.034). Cronbach 's alpha of each dimension presents values between 0.66 to 0.83. These results are explained by the low discrimination, low difficulty, and strong asymmetry of practically all the items. In conclusion, we recommend carrying out a conceptual evaluation of the items of the instrument, since its use in the university environment is not recommended.

Keywords:sexual harassment; perception; psychometric properties