Psychometric analysis of the sexual machismo scale in university students

The psychometric analysis of the sexual machismo scale in Peruvian context was carried out by employing confirmatory factor a sample 2470 university students from public city Arequipa. consisted 1235 randomly selected males and females. 12-item Sexual Machismo Scale, which has been previously developed validated other contexts, used. results indicate unidimensional structure that there are minimal differences for female male students. In addition, both structures present adequate goodness-of-fit indices. Likewise, McDonald's Omega coefficient showed high-reliability indices total scale. It is concluded shows validity reliability indicators measurement context.