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Resumen
El objetivo de este estudio fue adaptar la Escala de Contagio Emocional al contexto español. Específicamente, se intentó conocer su estructura factorial y fiabilidad, comprobar la adecuación de los modelos uni y multifactorials, y verificar si las puntuaciones en el contagio emocional varian según el género de los sujetos. Participaron 323 personas, la mayoría mujeres (66.6%) y estudiantes universitarias (55%), con un promedio de edad de 26.7 años. Los sujetos cumplimentaron la Escala de Contagio Emocional, además de cinco preguntas demográficas. El análisis de componentes principales sugirió una estructura unifactorial de contagio emocional. Sin embargo, cuando los modelos uni y multifactoriales fueron comparados, éstos últimos se mostraron más adecuados. Las mujeres tuvieron puntuaciones más altas en el contagio emocional que los varones, con independencia del factor tratado. De este estudio se concluye que la Escala de Contagio Emocional presenta parámetros psicométricos satisfactorios, coherentes con los observados por Doherty.
Abstract
This study aimed at adapting the Emotional Contagion Scale to the Spanish context. Specifically, it intended to know its factor structure and reliability, to test different theoretical models (i.e., uni-factor and multi-factor), and to know if the scores on the emotional contagion factors vary according to the gender of the subjects. 323 people participated, most of them female (66.6%) and undergraduate students (55%), with an average age of 26.7. They answered the Emotional Contagion Scale, as well as five demographic questions. The principal components analysis suggested the existence of a uni-factor structure of the emotional contagion. However, when the different theoretical models were compared, the multi-factor ones revealed themselves as more adequate. Women were observed to score higher in emotional contagion than men, independently of the factor considered. It was concluded that the Emotional Contagion Scale presented satisfactory psychometric parameters, coherent with the ones observed by Doherty.