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Adaptation and validation of the Revised Test for Need for Cognitive Closure to the Argentinian context
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Adaptation and validation of the Revised Test for Need for Cognitive Closure to the Argentinian context

Luis Carlos Jaume, Hugo Simkin, Susana Azzollini, Erica Molinario, Gennaro Pica and Arie W. Kruglanski
Revista de Psicoterapia, Vol.36(132), pp.114-120
11-01-2025

Abstract

Need for cognitive closure Dimensionality Adaptation Validation Right wing authoritarianism Social dominance orientation
The main objective of the present work was to adapt and validate a measure of the need for cognitive closure scale (Webster & Kruglanski, 1994) to the Argentinian context. Need for cognitive closure (NFCC) explains both the motivational aspects of decision-making and motivational properties in the process of acquiring knowledge and beliefs (Webster & Kruglanski, 1994). This concept thus concerns people’s motivations for seeking and maintaining a definitive answer to a given problem as against confusion, ambiguity, and/or uncertainty. To assess individual differences in need for cognitive closure Webster and Kruglanski (1994) developed a need for cognitive closure scale (NFCS), whose original formulation presented a unidimensional factor structure. A two factors structure (i.e., urgency tendency [seizing] and permanency tendency [freezing]) was later found by other authors (Pierro & Kruglanski, 2005). In assessing the scale’s dimensionality further, Pierro and Kruglanski (2005) developed the Revised Test for Need for Cognitive Closure (RT-NFCC). We adapted the RT-NFCC to the Argentinian context, using a non-probabilistic, intentional sample of university students from the [blinded for peer review] (N = 713). The results indicated a very good fit of the data to the two-factorial model. The level of reliability of the two factors was proven adequate. Introducción: La necesidad de cierre cognitivo (NFCC) hace referencia a las motivaciones de las personas para buscar y mantener una respuesta definitiva a un problema dado frente a la confusión, la ambigüedad y/o la incertidumbre (Webster & Kruglanski, 1994). En aras de medir las diferencias individuales en NFCC, Webster y Kruglanski (1994) desarrollaron la escala NFCS, la cual originalmente manifestaba una estructura factorial unidimensional. Posteriormente, otros autores (Pierro & Kruglanski, 2005) encontraron una estructura bidimensional (es decir, tendencia a la urgencia y tendencia a la permanencia) desarrollando el test revisado de NFCC (RT-NFCC). Metodo: El objetivo principal del presente trabajo fue adaptar y validar una medida de la escala de necesidad de cierre cognitivo (Webster & Kruglanski, 1994) al contexto argentino. Adaptamos el RT-NFCC al contexto argentino, utilizando una muestra intencional no probabilística de estudiantes universitarios de [oculto para revisión por pares] (N = 713; Mujeres 78.8%; M= 27.43). Resultados: Los resultados indican un muy buen ajuste de los datos al modelo de dos factores siendo la confiabilidad adecuada (Urgencia: .83= . Discusión: La adaptación muestra un comportamiento psicométrico con un alto grado de precisión para su evaluación en el contexto argentino.
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