Propiedades psicométricas del Inventario de Dureza Mental Tailandés (MTI-12): evidencia de atletas de élite en un contexto del Sudeste Asiático

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https://doi.org/10.47197/retos.v78.118968

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Análisis factorial confirmatorio, atletas tailandeses de élite, dureza mental, invarianza de medición, validación psicométrica

Resumen

Introducción: El Inventario de Dureza Mental (MTI) es uno de los instrumentos más utilizados para medir la resiliencia psicológica de los atletas bajo presión. Sin embargo, su solidez psicométrica en contextos deportivos no occidentales aún no está bien establecida.

Objetivo: Validar la estructura factorial y confiabilidad de la versión tailandesa final del MTI-12, probar la invarianza de medición del instrumento y examinar las diferencias de medias latentes entre subgrupos.

Metodología: Participaron 408 atletas tailandeses de élite de 32 deportes. Se realizaron CFA y MGCFA. El CFA confirmó la estructura unidimensional (CFI = .994, TLI = .989, RMSEA = .054) y el MGCFA estableció invarianza escalar completa en todos los subgrupos.

Resultados: El análisis factorial confirmatorio sustentó la estructura unidimensional con índices de ajuste excelentes y alta fiabilidad (ω t = .94). Se estableció invarianza escalar completa en todos los subgrupos. Las atletas femeninas presentaron mayor control emocional que los masculinos (ΔM = −0.27, p < .001), y los atletas de mayor edad mostraron mayor compromiso con las metas (ΔM = +0.32, p < .01).

Discusión: La convergencia de las cuatro dimensiones del modelo 4C en un único factor latente refleja el contexto cultural tailandés, caracterizado por normas colectivistas y prácticas budistas que suprimen la diferenciación empírica entre dimensiones. Estos hallazgos refuerzan la validez transcultural del instrumento en el Sudeste Asiático.

Conclusiones: El MTI-12 tailandés es un instrumento psicométricamente sólido y culturalmente apropiado para evaluar la dureza mental entre atletas tailandeses de élite y otras poblaciones del Sudeste Asiático.

Biografía del autor/a

  • Tanida Julvanichpong, Faculty of sport science , Burapha University

    Associate Professor, Faculty of Sport Science, Burapha University, Thailand.

  • Chatkamon Singnoy, Faculty of Sport Science, Burapha University, Chonburi, Thailand

    Associate Professor, Faculty of Sport Science, Burapha University, Thailand.

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01-05-2026

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Julvanichpong, T., & Singnoy, C. (2026). Propiedades psicométricas del Inventario de Dureza Mental Tailandés (MTI-12): evidencia de atletas de élite en un contexto del Sudeste Asiático. Retos, 78, 871-880. https://doi.org/10.47197/retos.v78.118968