Development and cross-cultural validation of the Family Triangulation Scale in five Latin American countries
Our study found the TRIFAM to be a valid and reliable scale with four correlated dimensions (Manipulative, Equivocal, Complementary and Disconfirming) for non-clinical population in five countries of Latin America.
Authors
- David Villarreal-Huertas
- Ángel Paz-Jesús (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3594-3378)
- Luciana Sotero (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8393-2775)
- Gleni Quispe-Callo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3994-9523)
- Jaime Sebastián F Galán Jiménez
- Alda Duarte Portugal
- Liz Stefani Rubin de Celis Chávez
- Ana Paula Relvas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9011-2230)
- Wilder Iván Lázaro-Illatopa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7566-8353)
- Oliver Rolando Peñafiel Muñoz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8495-9969)
- Andrea Dámaso-Román
- Nathaly Berrio García
- David Villarreal-Zegarra
- Juan Luis Linares
- Laura Lacomba-Trejo
- Anthony Copez-Lonzoy
- Maria Elena Bardales-Andrade
- Yscenia Paredes-Gonzales
- Gloria Vera-Ruiz
- Rafael Omar Ballena-Descalzo
- Maria Eugenia Figueroa Delgado
Institutions
- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ES)
- Universitat de València (ES)
- Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí (MX)
- Universidad Científica del Sur (PE)
- Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola (PE)
- Universidad de los Llanos (CO)
- Centro de Información y Desarrollo de la Mujer (BO)
- Institute of Peruvian Studies (PE)
- Universidad del Valle de Tlaxcala (MX)
- Corporación Universitaria Empresarial Alexander von Humboldt (CO)
- Instituto Peruano de Orientación Psicológica
- University of Coimbra (PT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Acta Psychologica
- Published
- 2026-01-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.106304
- Primary Topic
- Family Caregiving in Mental Illness
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00