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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Psychol.
Sec. Quantitative Psychology and Measurement
Volume 15 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1399423

Validation and adaptation of the Diffusion of Intimate Images Among Adolescents (EDIMA) scale in adolescents from Peru

Provisionally accepted
Joel Figueroa-Quiñones Joel Figueroa-Quiñones 1*Axel Glynda Vilcabana Burgos Axel Glynda Vilcabana Burgos 2Cecilia Gabriela Villalobos Quiroz Cecilia Gabriela Villalobos Quiroz 2Ibeth Solange Valle-Chafloque Ibeth Solange Valle-Chafloque 2
  • 1 Universidad Autónoma de Ica, Ica, Peru
  • 2 Lord of Sipan University, Chiclayo, Peru

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    The use of technologies through social networks is a common practice among adolescents who use it to communicate. However, the lack of control and supervision of these media means that they disseminate any type of information, including sexual content. OBJECTIVE: to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Intimate Images Diffusion Scale (EDIMA) in Peruvian adolescents. METHOD: A psychometric study was conducted with a population of 900 adolescents from the coast, highlands and jungle of Peru. A confirmatory factor analysis and measurement invariance analysis was performed by age and sex groups. In addition, internal consistency was evaluated through the omega index to estimate the reliability of the scale. RESULTS: Our study identified that the two-factor model obtained adequate fit indices with values > 0.994 for the CFI and TLI, while the SRMR had a value of 0.074 and the RMSEA of 0.058. Measurement invariance by age group reported a ΔCFI and ΔRMSEA ≤ 0.01. Reliability reported a McDonald's ω greater than 0.8 CONCLUSIONS: The EDIMA is a valid and reliable instrument to evaluate the dissemination of intimate images among adolescents from various regions of Peru.

    Keywords: adolescents, Reliability, Psychometrics, Intimate images, EDIMA

    Received: 11 Mar 2024; Accepted: 21 Nov 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Figueroa-Quiñones, Vilcabana Burgos, Villalobos Quiroz and Valle-Chafloque. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Joel Figueroa-Quiñones, Universidad Autónoma de Ica, Ica, Peru

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