BACKGROUND Deviant behavior is a psychosocial problem that has attracted great interest from both the scientific community and society at large due to its prevalence and negative consequences. Valid, reliable measures of deviant behaviors are critical for providing a better understanding of their causes and outcomes. The central aim of the present study was to assess the psychometric properties of the Deviant Behavior Variety Scale (DBVS) in a sample of young Spanish adults. METHOD Participants comprised 490 young adults (62.4% female) aged between 18 and 20 years old (M= 18.90; SD= .77). RESULTS Confirmatory factor analyses yielded a single-factor structure model of DBVS showing, in general, satisfactory or good fit indexes. Moreover, convergent validity was confirmed by assessing correlations between deviant behavior (r = .77) and psychopathy (r = .45), showing that both variables were correlated. Intraclass reliability (ICC) results demonstrated the test-retest reliability of the DBVS, and Kuder-Richardson 20 (KR-20 = .79) showed appropriate internal item consistency. CONCLUSIONS This study found that the Spanish version of DBVS presented promising psychometric properties supporting it is a reliable, valid measure for assessing young adults, involvement in deviant behaviors.

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西班牙年轻人异常行为多样性量表的心理测量学特性。

背景技术越轨行为是一种心理社会问题，由于其普遍性和负面后果而引起了科学界和整个社会的极大兴趣。对异常行为进行有效、可靠的测量对于更好地了解其原因和结果至关重要。本研究的中心目的是评估西班牙年轻成年人样本中异常行为多样性量表 (DBVS) 的心理测量特性。方法 参与者包括 490 名 18 至 20 岁的年轻人（62.4% 女性）（M=18.90；SD=0.77）。结果 验证性因素分析产生了 DBVS 的单因素结构模型，总体上显示出令人满意或良好的拟合指数。此外，通过评估异常行为（r = . 77）和精神病（r = .45），表明这两个变量是相关的。组内信度 (ICC) 结果证明了 DBVS 的重测信度，并且 Kuder-Richardson 20 (KR-20 = .79) 显示了适当的内部项目一致性。结论 本研究发现，西班牙版本的 DBVS 呈现出有希望的心理测量特性，支持它是评估年轻人参与异常行为的可靠、有效的衡量标准。