RT Journal Article
T1 Validation of the Curiosity and Exploration Inventory-II in Spanish University Students
A1 Tarilonte Castaño, Isabel
A1 Díaz Milanés, Diego
A1 Andrés Villas, Montserrat
A1 Morales Domínguez, Zaira Esther
A1 Pérez Moreno, Pedro Juan
AB Background: This study aimed to analyse the psychometric properties of the Curiosity and Exploration Inventory-II (CEI-II) to provide evidence of validity for its use in research on health promotion and the quality of life of young Spanish university students. Method: A sample of 807 participants (75.09% female) aged 18–26 years (M = 20.68; SD = 2.13) completed the CEI-II and health and quality of life measures questionnaire. Results: A unidimensional structure was confirmed, but the original two-dimensional structure also showed an adequate fit. The measures obtained from the CEI-II were gender- and age-invariant, which exhibited adequate internal consistency for both the full scale and subscales, and showed a statistically significant relationship with life satisfaction, sense of coherence, and psychological distress. Conclusions: The CEI-II can be used as unidimensional, which is recommended, but also as a two-dimensional measure. Both structures provide reliable, valid, and invariant measures across gender and age of exploratory behaviours in Spanish university students. Furthermore, the results confirm the association between exploratory behaviours and greater health management.
PB MDPI
SN 2227-9032 (electrónico)
YR 2023
FD 2023-04
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10272/22192
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10272/22192
LA eng
NO Tarilonte-Castaño, I., Díaz-Milanés, D., Andrés-Villas, M., Morales-Domínguez, Z., & Pérez-Moreno, P. J. (2023). Validation of the Curiosity and Exploration Inventory-II in Spanish University Students. In Healthcare (Vol. 11, Issue 8, p. 1128). MDPI AG. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11081128
NO This research was supported by the EPIT 2020 project (University of Huelva, Spain) under Grant UHU-6272020.
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 1 jun 2026