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    <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">SM</journal-id>
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     <journal-title>Salud mental</journal-title>
     <abbrev-journal-title>sm</abbrev-journal-title>
    </journal-title-group>
    <issn pub-type="epub">0185-3325</issn>
    <publisher>
     <publisher-name>Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz</publisher-name>
    </publisher>
   </journal-meta>
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    <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">SM4816</article-id>
    <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.17711/SM.0185-3325.2018.034</article-id>
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     <subj-group subj-group-type="heading">
      <subject>Original articles</subject>
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    <title-group>
     <article-title>Construct validity of a new scale for assessing anger proneness (APS-G)</article-title>
     <trans-title-group xml:lang="es">
      <trans-title>Propiedades psicom&eacute;tricas de una nueva escala para evaluar la propensi&oacute;n a la ira (APS-G)</trans-title>
     </trans-title-group>
     <alt-title alt-title-type="running-head">Construct validity of a new scale for assessing anger proneness (APS-G)</alt-title>
    </title-group>
    <contrib-group>
     <contrib contrib-type="author">
      <name>
       <surname>Cirilo H.</surname>
       <given-names>García-Cadena</given-names>
      </name>
      <xref ref-type="aff" rid="AF0001">1</xref>
     </contrib>
     <contrib contrib-type="author">
      <name>
       <surname>Leopoldo</surname>
       <given-names>Daniel-González</given-names>
      </name>
      <xref ref-type="aff" rid="AF0001">1</xref>
     </contrib>
     <contrib contrib-type="author">
      <name>
       <surname>Adrián</surname>
       <given-names>Valle de la O</given-names>
      </name>
      <xref ref-type="aff" rid="AF0002">2</xref>
     </contrib>
     <contrib contrib-type="author">
      <name>
       <surname>Tomás</surname>
       <given-names>Caycho-Rodriguez</given-names>
      </name>
      <xref ref-type="aff" rid="AF0003">3</xref>
     </contrib>
     <contrib contrib-type="author">
      <name>
       <surname>Arnoldo</surname>
       <given-names>Téllez López</given-names>
      </name>
      <xref ref-type="aff" rid="AF0001">1</xref>
     </contrib>
    </contrib-group>
    <aff id="AF0001">
     <label>1</label>
     Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Nuevo León, México.
    </aff>
    <aff id="AF0002">
     <label>2</label>
     Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Monterrey, Nuevo León, México.
    </aff>
    <aff id="AF0003">
     <label>3</label>
     Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Privada del Norte, Breña, Perú.
    </aff>
    <author-notes>
     <corresp id="cor1">
      Correspondence: Leopoldo Daniel González Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León. Dr. Carlos Canseco 110, Col. Mitras Centro, C.P. 64460, Monterrey, Nuevo León, México. Phone: (81) 8333 - 8233 Email: leopoldo.danielgn@uanl.edu.mx
      <email xlink:href="leopoldo.danielgn@uanl.edu.mx">leopoldo.danielgn@uanl.edu.mx</email>
     </corresp>
    </author-notes>
    <pub-date pub-type="epub-ppub">
     <month>10</month>
     <year>2018</year>
    </pub-date>
    <volume>41</volume>
    <issue>5</issue>
    <fpage>229</fpage>
    <lpage>236</lpage>
    <history>
     <date date-type="received">
      <day>03</day>
      <month>05</month>
      <year>2018</year>
     </date>
     <date date-type="accepted">
      <day>24</day>
      <month>09</month>
      <year>2018</year>
     </date>
     <date date-type="Publicado on-line">
      <day>25</day>
      <month>10</month>
      <year>2018</year>
     </date>
    </history>
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     <copyright-statement>© 2001-2015. Todos los Derechos Reservados a Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz</copyright-statement>
     <copyright-year>2018</copyright-year>
     <license license-type="open-access" xlink:href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/">
      <license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (by-nc) Spain 3.0 License.</license-p>
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    <abstract xml:lang="en">Introduction. The negative effects of anger on health highlight the value of developing short, reliable, and valid instruments that allow its assessment whether for the purpose of research, clinical diagnosis, and/or evaluation of interventions aimed at reducing it effectively. Objective. The primary aim of this research was to determine the construct, convergent, and discriminant validity, as well as the factorial invariance, of a new scale to measure anger proneness. Method. A confirmatory factorial analysis was used. Results. An online nonprobability sample composed of 457 participants (35.2% men and 64.8% women), with a mean age of 36.87 years (SD = 12.513) was recruited. The unidimensional model of the Garc&iacute;a&rsquo;s Brief Scale for Assessing Anger Proneness (APS-G scale) shows a good data fit (df = 2; &chi;2 = 5.515; &chi;2/df = 2.575; CFI = .993; GFI = .996; RMSEA = .051; SRMR = .0193). There are factorial, configural, metric, unrestricted, strong, and strict factorial invariances between men and women. Likewise, a positive correlation coefficient exists between the APS-G scale and the State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory-2 (STAXI-2) (r = .561; p &lt; .01); on the other hand, there is a negative correlation coefficient between the studied scale and the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) (r = -.179; p &lt; .01). Discussion and conclusion. A new reliable and valid instrument to measure anger proneness has been created, and its use is proposed for research and screening purposes with Spanish-speaking population.</abstract>
    <trans-abstract xml:lang="es">Introducci&oacute;n. Los efectos negativos de la ira sobre la salud apuntan a la importancia de desarrollar instrumentos cortos, confiables y v&aacute;lidos que permitan su evaluaci&oacute;n, ya sea con prop&oacute;sitos de investigaci&oacute;n, diagn&oacute;stico cl&iacute;nico y/o evaluaciones de intervenciones que la reduzcan de manera efectiva. Objetivo. El objetivo primario fue determinar la validez de constructo, convergente y discriminante, as&iacute; como la invarianza factorial, de una nueva escala para medir la disposici&oacute;n a la ira. M&eacute;todo. Se us&oacute; un an&aacute;lisis factorial confirmatorio para evaluar la estructura factorial subyacente y para identificar la validez de constructo del modelo de medici&oacute;n. Resultados. Se reclut&oacute; una muestra en l&iacute;nea no probabil&iacute;stica compuesta por 457 participantes (35.2% hombres y 64.8% mujeres), con una edad promedio de 36.87 a&ntilde;os (DE = 12.513). El modelo de medici&oacute;n muestra una buena bondad de ajuste para la escala unidimensional EPI-G (gl = 2; &chi;2 = 5.515; &chi;2/gl = 2.575; CFI = .993; GFI = .996; RMSEA = .051; SRMR = .0193). Se encuentra invarianza factorial configuracional, m&eacute;trica, fuerte y estricta entre hombres y mujeres, adem&aacute;s de una correlaci&oacute;n positiva entre la escala propuesta y la Expresi&oacute;n Externa de la Ira del STAXI-2 (r = .561; p &lt; .01) y negativa con la escala de Satisfacci&oacute;n con la Vida (SWLS) (r = -.179; p &lt; .01). Discusi&oacute;n y conclusi&oacute;n. Un nuevo instrumento para medir la disposici&oacute;n a la ira fue creado para prop&oacute;sitos de investigaci&oacute;n y tamizaje, sobre todo en poblaci&oacute;n hispanohablante.</trans-abstract>
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     <kwd>Anger</kwd>
     <kwd>personality tests</kwd>
     <kwd>psychometrics</kwd>
     <kwd>mental health</kwd>
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     <kwd>Ira</kwd>
     <kwd>test de personalidad</kwd>
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     <kwd>salud mental</kwd>
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