CRITERION-ORIENTED VALIDITY IN A MODIFIED SPANISH VERSION OF THE JAS IS ANALYZED

SI-oriented validity is evidenced by a high-medium association (.70) b etween SI and JAS global assessment of the TABP. Concurrent validity o f the JAS regarding CHD is provided by results indicating higher and s tatistically significant scores among respondents with evidence of CHD than matched controls. These results are very different when we study criterion-oriented validity with CHD patients separately who suffered myocardial infarction or angina pectoris. Patients with angina clearl y had higher scores than matched healthy controls but evidence for the patients with myocardial infartion is weaker. This outcome gave us an important refect on subject. We conclude by sugesting that our factor 2, i.e. Social and Laboral Pressure be suppressed, in a global scale for the assessment of TABP because its content isn't coronary-prone.