Escala de mitos en duelo. Relación con el estilo de afrontamiento evitativo y validación psicométrica

In the elaboration of the duel both individual coping strategies as the concept that manages the grieving over death are fundamental. The purpose of this research is to analyze the relationship between the avoidant coping style and myths or misconceptions about the duel, apart from establishing the dimensionality of the Scale of Myths in Duel (SMD) (Amurrio and Limonero, 2007). The scale was passed to a sample of 265 people (81 % of women and 19 % men). Indicators revealed good fit to the data settling two dimensions: the first factor reflects the belief that it is better not to remember what happened and the second that it is better not to express it. Findings pointed that the use of avoidant coping strategies, being a man, the absence of university training and having lost a second-degree level of closeness familiar, predict a higher level of myths in duel.ResumenEn la elaboración del duelo, tanto las estrategias particulares de afrontamiento como el concepto que maneja el doliente sobre la muerte son fundamentales. El propósito de esta investigación es analizar la relación entre el estilo de afrontamiento evitativo y los mitos o creencias erróneas sobre el duelo además de establecer la dimensionalidad de la Escala de Mitos en Duelo (EMD; Amurrio y Limonero, 2007). Dicha escala se pasó a una muestra de 265 personas (81 % mujeres y 19 % hombres). Los indicadores revelaron buen ajuste a los datos, estableciéndose dos dimensiones: el primer factor recoge la creencia de que es mejor no recordar lo sucedido y el segundo que es mejor no expresarlo. Los resultados señalaron que el uso de estrategias de afrontamiento evitativo, ser hombre, la ausencia de formación universitaria y el haber perdido a un familiar de segundo grado, predicen un mayor nivel de mitos en duelo. AbstractIn the elaboration of the duel both individual coping strategies as the concept that manages the grieving over death are fundamental. The purpose of this research is to analyze the relationship between the avoidant coping style and myths or misconceptions about the duel, apart from establishing the dimensionality of the Scale of Myths in Duel (SMD) (Amurrio and Limonero, 2007). The scale was passed to a sample of 265 people (81 % of women and 19 % men). Indicators revealed good fit to the data settling two dimensions: the first factor reflects the belief that it is better not to remember what happened and the second that it is better not to express it. Findings pointed that the use of avoidant coping strategies, being a man, the absence of university training and having lost a second-degree level of closeness familiar, predict a higher level of myths in duel