Skip to main content

ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Psychol.
Sec. Quantitative Psychology and Measurement
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1484883
This article is part of the Research Topic Executive Functions, Reward Systems and Addiction in Adolescents and Young Adults View all 3 articles

Validity and Reliability of the Executive Function Scale (UEF-1) in Cuban University Student

Provisionally accepted
Diego D Díaz-Guerra Diego D Díaz-Guerra 1Marena Hernández-Lugo Marena Hernández-Lugo 1Carlos Ramos-Galarza Carlos Ramos-Galarza 2*Yunier Broche-Pérez Yunier Broche-Pérez 3
  • 1 Universidad Central Marta Abreu de Las Villas, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba
  • 2 Universidad Indoamérica, Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador
  • 3 Prisma Behavioral Center, Florida, USA, Florida, United States

The final, formatted version of the article will be published soon.

    Introduction: Executive functions are higher cognitive skills involved in planning, organization, decision-making, impulse control, and working memory. It is essential to have tools that allow for the accurate and reliable assessment of this construct in university students. This study aims to evaluate the validity and reliability of the Executive Functions Scale for University Students (UEF-1) in the Cuban population. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in which an online survey was administered to 1092 Cuban university students representing 14 of the country's 16 provinces. Descriptive analyses, confirmatory factor analyses, and Pearson correlation analyses were used to assess the psychometric properties of the scale. Results: Significant correlations were obtained between the scale factors, and the original seven-factor structure was confirmed. The scale demonstrated good internal consistency and overall reliability (α = .91, ω = .91). Conclusions: The study provided evidence that the UEF-1 is a reliable and valid tool for assessing executive functions in Cuban university students. This measure provides a comprehensive understanding of the cognitive abilities and functioning of Cuban university students, allowing for the identification of specific areas of executive functioning that may benefit from additional support or intervention.

    Keywords: executive functions, Cuban university students, UEF-1, validity, reliability Conceptualization, Data curation, methodology, supervision

    Received: 08 Oct 2024; Accepted: 29 Jan 2025.

    Copyright: © 2025 Díaz-Guerra, Hernández-Lugo, Ramos-Galarza and Broche-Pérez. 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: Carlos Ramos-Galarza, Universidad Indoamérica, Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador

    Disclaimer: All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations, or those of the publisher, the editors and the reviewers. Any product that may be evaluated in this article or claim that may be made by its manufacturer is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher.