Psychometric properties of a scale of tolerance to corruption using moral dilemmas

Cruz Torres, Christian Enrique; Garcia-Campos, Tonatiuh; Domínguez-Espinosa, Alejandra del Carmen; Montesinos-González, Carlos Alberto; Domínguez-Perera, Pablo; Salas-Menotti, Irene

doi:10.15517//ap.v39i139.60490

Autores

Christian Enrique Cruz Torres Universidad de Guanajuato Autor https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4286-4697
Tonatiuh Garcia-Campos Universidad de Guanajuato Autor https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4531-2887
Alejandra del Carmen Domínguez-Espinosa Ibero American University Autor https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2697-8627
Carlos Alberto Montesinos-González Ibero American University Autor https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4517-9002
Pablo Domínguez-Perera Ibero American University Autor https://orcid.org/0009-0008-7620-6490
Irene Salas-Menotti Fundación Universitaria Konrad Lorenz Autor https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2690-1574

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15517//ap.v39i139.60490

Palavras-chave:

corruption, moral dilemmas, social desirability, validity, psychometry

Resumo

Objective. Understanding the extent of citizen participation in corrupt practices presents a challenge given that the illicit and socially reprehensible nature of corrupt acts generates a social desirability bias into measures of corruption. The objective was to design a measurement to assess individuals’ propensity to either tolerate or resist corruption, employing eight moral dilemmas. Method. The instrument was administered to 173 participants for the exploratory factor analysis, followed by 282 participants for the confirmatory factor analysis. Results. The results of exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis revealed a single factor structure that grouped seven out of the eight dilemmas obtaining optimal goodness-of-fit indices and acceptable reliability. The measurement is useful for future research analyzing corruption.

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