VALIDITY STUDY OF THE TRANSLATION INTO SP ANISH OF PLUTCHIK IMPULSIVITY-SCALE

Impulsivity is a personality feature that has been associated with sev eral mental disorders; diverse instruments have been developed to asse ss this trait. The aim of this work is to determine the internal consi stency and factor structure of the Spanish version of the Plutchik's i mpulsivity scale. Patients were recruited from 2 different samples. on es from the mentally dirodered offenders canfined at the Reclusorio Pr eventivo Sur (South Preventive Penitentiary) in Mexico City, and the o ther from the psychiatric population from the ''Fray Bernardino Alvare z'' Psychiatric Hospital. All subjects received the Plutchik's impulsi vity scale, and their demographic data were collected. A total of 165 subjects were included in the analysis. The Cronbach's alpha of the sc ale was 0.61, which increased to 0,67, excluding one of the items. The factor analysis discriminated 4 item groups which were named as follo ws, according to the theoretical framework: a) selfcontroll b) planing of future action, c) physiological behaviors and d) spontaneous behav ior. We conclude that de Spanish version of the Plutchik's impulsivity scale behaved in a comparable way with the original instrument and th at it may be used poor clinical research.