Psychometric properties of the Gaudiebility (Enjoyment modulators) Scale for Adults of Morelia (GSAM).

Ferrán Padrós-Blázquez,María Patricia Martínez-Medina,Rocío Montoya-Pérez,Karina Salud Montoya-Pérez

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0252543

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Gaudiebility refers to the set of modulators that regulate the enjoyment experienced, there is only one scale to assess gaudiebility, and it is univariate, which is not congruent with the construct. Therefore, this work’s objective was to build a multifactorial scale and study the psychometric properties of the Gaudiebility Scale for Adults of Morelia (GSAM). 1,884 adults participated; 273 in the pilot study and 1,611 in the final study. They responded to the final version of the GSAM, with 24 items and a scale of experienced enjoyment. The adequate fit of the model of 6 related factors of the GSAM was corroborated through confirmatory factor analysis. Adequate Cronbach’s alpha values were observed for the factors (Concentration (α = .796), Enjoyment in Solitude (α = .784), Sense of Humor (α = .760), Imagination (α = .740), Interest (α = .653) and Irrational Beliefs (α = .633)) and the total scale (α = .803). All the factors and the full scale showed positive relationships with the scale of experienced enjoyment. The GSAM obtained good indicators regarding its internal consistency and validity; therefore, it is concluded that the GSAM is adequate to assess gaudiebility in adults.

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The study of how positive emotions appear and are regulated is one of the main areas of interest in Positive Psychology [1]
According to Kringelbach and Berridge [4], it is possible to distinguish between the neural circuits of fundamental pleasures and superior pleasures, which overlap; that is, they share a joint neural base
In the Exploratory Factor Analysis, it was observed that the indices (Bartlett’s sphericity test = 5347.399; gl = 1431 with p < .001; Kaiser Meyer Olkin index = .830) indicated that the data were capable of being analyzed at through a Principal Component Analysis

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The study of how positive emotions appear and are regulated is one of the main areas of interest in Positive Psychology [1]. In 1993 [2] points out that enjoyment can be conceived as a positive emotion. It should first be noted that it is essential to distinguish between what has been called basic pleasure and complex or evolved enjoyment [3]. According to Kringelbach and Berridge [4], it is possible to distinguish between the neural circuits of fundamental pleasures (basic pleasure) and superior pleasures (complex enjoyment), which overlap; that is, they share a joint neural base. Complex enjoyment can be considered an evolved mechanism of basic pleasure, consistent with the idea that the more evolved systems settle on, the older ones, not replacing but overlapping [5].

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