Resumen de Un estudio de la confiabilidad y la validez del 5FM: Cinco factores de la personalidad en la Cultura mexicana

Jesús Felipe Uribe Prado, Fernando Arias Galicia

• español

  Arias Galicia (1995) y Uribe Prado (1998a) criticaron el empleo de instrumentos psicológicos, en México, diseñados para culturas ajenas a la mexicana, especialmente en cuanto la personalidad. Al efecto el último autor citado desarrolló un Inventario para evaluar los Cinco Grandes Factores de la Personalidad, denominado 5FM. Si bien existen investigaciones tendientes a verificar la confiabilidad y la validez del instrumento con muestras de estudiantes, no se había emprendido un análisis semejante con personas insertas en el mundo del trabajo. Este artículo está destinado a tal propósito. Se aplicó a una muestra de 132 empleados de una compañía aseguradora en México, D.F. en el año 2000. Los resultados se encuentran dentro de los estándares de calidad aceptados internacionalmente en cuanto a la confiabilidad y la validez (Uribe-Prado, 2002). Se confirma la utilidad de este instrumento para trabajadores en la cultura mexicana. Se sugieren investigaciones adicionales.  AbstractArias-Galicia (1995) y Uribe-Prado (1998a) have posited criticisms against the use, in Mexico, of psychological instruments designed in other cultures foreign to the Mexican one, particularly personality tests. The second author developed in 1997 an inventory to assess the Big Five factors of personality, named 5FM. Although there is research aimed to evaluate its reliability and validity with samples of students, there was lacking such an investigation with working people. The 5FM was administered to 132 employees in an insurance firm located in Mexico City in 2000. Results showed that this instrument can be used to ascertain personality factors in Mexican employees since reliability and validity are within international accepted standards (Uribe-Prado, 2002). Additional research is suggested.

• English

  Arias-Galicia (1995) y Uribe-Prado (1998a) have posited criticisms against the use, in Mexico, of psychological instruments designed in other cultures foreign to the Mexican one, particularly personality tests. The second author developed in 1997 an inventory to assess the Big Five factors of personality, named 5FM. Although there is research aimed to evaluate its reliability and validity with samples of students, there was lacking such an investigation with working people. The 5FM was administered to 132 employees in an insurance firm located in Mexico City in 2000. Results showed that this instrument can be used to ascertain personality factors in Mexican employees since reliability and validity are within international accepted standards (Uribe-Prado, 2002). Additional research is suggested.