Adaptation and Validation of the Self Transcendence Inventory for Adults in the Argentine context
Universidad de Buenos Aires
email: hugosimkin@psi.uba.ar
Introduction: In recent years self-transcendence has gained increasing interest within psychological literature. Currently, the Adult Self Transcendence Inventory (ASTI) is one of the main scales used in empirical research for measuring self transcendence.
Objective: The present study aims to adapt and validate the scale to the Argentine context in a sample of 205 high school and university students in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires.
Method: A confirmatory factor analysis of the factor structure of the adapted Adult Self Transcendence Inventory was conducted to assess whether the scale's purported 2 factors emerged. The results generally supported the 2-factor model.
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