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Eduardo Jose Pedrero Perez1, Gloria Rojo Mota, Alvaro Olivar Arroyo
1Instituto de Adicciones. Ayuntamiento de Madrid, Madrid, Spain. ejpedrero@yahoo.es
Objective:
To study the psychometric properties of the VAL-89 questionnaire and its possible use in addict individuals who ask for treatment.
Method:
Analysis of the psychometric properties of the questionnaire and its factorial structure, applying it to 792 individuals. 365 of them were substance users seeking treatment and 427 were general population.
Results:
Reliability of the questionnaire is confirmed, although its factorial structure appears to be different from the original. In our study appear 12 factors, instead of the original 10. These factors are named: Power, Stimulation, Submission, Tradition, Spirituality, Self-Sufficience, Hedonism, Sociability, Universality, Convencionalism, Idealism and Self-Realization. These factors are distributed through several dimensions represented by four axis: individual-social, dominance-equality, tradition-pleasure and great values-anomie.
Conclusions:
The VAL-89 questionnaire seems to be a useful tool to explore which are the more appreciated social values, being of special interest to know which are specially selected by addict individuals.
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