Spanish Translation and Validation of the Office Gossip Scale of Schmidt in a Sample of Workers in Puerto Rico

Abner Vélez Vega; Roberto  González Valles

doi:10.21772/ripo.v34n1a03

Autores/as

Abner Vélez Vega Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico, Ponce Campus (Puerto Rico) Autor/a https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2203-7934
Roberto González Valles Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico, Ponce Campus (Puerto Rico) Autor/a

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21772/ripo.v34n1a03

Palabras clave:

Gossip, Translation, Validation, Cronbach'sAlpha, Likert-Scale

Resumen

Abstract

The aim of the research was to translate and validate the 10-item Office Gossip 7-point Likert-Scale by Schmidt (2010) English version to a Spanish version since there were no available studies and instruments to measure workplace gossip in Puerto Rico. The scale was translated using the Brislin's Back-Translation Method (1986), which two certified translators conducted the translation. The scale Spanish version was administrated to working adults in PR. The sample consisted of 150 participants, 21 years old and older, 41.3% (n = 62) work in the public sector and 58.7% (n= 88) in the private sector. The scale was tabulated using the SPSS computer software to explore the corrected item-scale correlation, reliability analysis, and applied an Exploratory Factor Analysis to select the items of the scale. The results show that the scale Spanish version was constructed into nine items and has a strong (α = .92) similar to the scale English version.

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