Creation and preliminary validation of the Matriztic and Patriarchal Attitudes Test (TAMYP) based on the theory of Humberto Maturana and others

Abstract

Abstract

Background: Since Humberto Maturana's theory, there are no instruments that operationalize the constructs of matriarchal and patriarchal/matriarchal culture and their relationship with mental health and ideology. We propose to develop and validate the Matrixtics and Patriarchal/matriarchal Attitudes Test (TAMYP) for this purpose, thus contributing to the validation of the proposals of Maturana and collaborators. Method: To analyze the psychometric properties of the TAMYP with two studies. Study 1 had a sample of 263 university students, 166 women and 97 men, aged between 18 and 50 years (SD=22.70; SD=3.44); Study 2 had a sample of 509 participants (general population), 281 women and 228 men, aged between 18 and 81 years (SD=36.53; SD=16.14). In both studies, Cronbach's and McDonald's coefficients were estimated, a confirmatory factor analysis was performed, and the nomological validity of the test was examined by means of structural equation modeling. Results: In both studies, the TAMYP scores presented an adequate internal consistency and factorial structure, the estimated structural equation models presented acceptable goodness of fit and were coherent with the theory of Humberto Maturana and collaborators. Conclusion: The findings show that the TAMYP scores have sufficient evidence to support their use and interpretation of phenomena in a population equivalent to the study samples, thus validating the model of the TAMYP.

Key words: Maturana, cultural biology, matrixtics attitudes, patriarchal attitudes, preliminary validation.