Volume 26, Issue 3
DOI: 10.24205/03276716.2017.1029
Adaptation to the Spanish Language of the Invalidating Childhood Environmental Scale
Abstract
he invalidating environment is a central concept in Linehan's Biosocial Theory. The Invalidating Childhood Environment Scale (ICES) is a questionnaire specifically designed to assess this construct retrospectively. We present a Spanish adaptation of the ICES, along with data about its' psychometric properties. The instrument showed good internal consistency. An explorative factorial analysis revealed a 2 factor structure differentiating the items that assess the parental negative reaction towards the child emotional expression, from the items that reflect a positive and supportive parental behavior. These early trials show that this adaptation of the ICES is a proper instrument to assess the childhood invalidating environment in Spanish speaking population.
Keywords
Invalidating environment, Biosocial Theory, borderline personality disorder