Construct Validity and Factorial Invariance across Sex of the Torrance Test of Creative Thinking - Figural Form A in Spanish-speaking Children

KRUMM, GABRIELA; ARÁN FILIPETTI, VANESSA; LEMOS, VIVIANA; KOVAL, JÉSICA; BALABANIAN, CINTHIA

Thinking Skills and Creativity

Elsevier

Lugar: Exeter; Año: 2016 vol. 22 p. 180 - 189

1871-1871

The aim of this work was to study the construct validity of theTorrance Test of Creative Thinking (TTCT) by means of Confirmatory FactorAnalysis (CFA). Based on previous literature, four theoretical modelswere compared to explain the creativity construct as measured by the TTCTFigural, Form A, in a sample of Argentine children. This work alsoexamined whether the structure found through the CFA was invariant acrosssex. A sample of 381 Spanish-speaking children and adolescents aged 9 to12 years was studied. The CFA identified two correlated factors:Innovative and Adaptive. The best-fit model indicated that the TTCTFiguralForm A is composed of two factors: innovative and adaptive (χ2 =3.88; df = 4; p = .423; GFI = 1.00, NFI = .99; CFI = 1.00, and RMSEA =.000). These factors included the skills proposed by Torrance, Ball, andSafter (1992). It was also found that the two-factor model was invariant(i.e., configural, metric, scalar, and structural) across sex. Finally,MANOVAs results revealed that there are no differences in each subscaleof the factors found according to sex. The results are discussed in viewof the psychometric implications and their significance in theeducational and psychological spheres.