1http://dx.doi.org/10.20396/bjos.v20i00.8664270

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Original Article

1 Faculty of Health Sciences, 
Universidad Autónoma de Chile, 
Temuco, Chile.

2 Faculty of Dentistry, Universidad 
de Concepción, Chile.

3 Fundación Kimntrum, Chile

Corresponding author: 
Valeria Campos 
Email: valeriacamposcannobbio@
gmail.com

Editor: Dr Altair A. Del Bel Cury

Received: February 5, 2021

Accepted: March 10, 2021

Factor analysis of the 
cross-cultural adaptation 
of the Multidimensional 
Attitudes Scale towards 
Deaf persons in Chilean 
dental students
Valeria Campos1 , Luis Luengo2 , Ricardo 
Cartes-Velásquez3,*

There are various instruments to measure attitudes toward 
persons with disabilities (PwD). The Multidimensional Attitudes 
Scale (MAS) toward PwD is a three-dimension scale with good 
psychometric properties; the Spanish version has been validated 
with a four-factor structure. Aim: To examine the factor structure 
of a cross-cultural adapted version of the Spanish MAS towards 
deaf persons in a sample of Chilean dental students. Methods: 
This cross-sectional study involved five Chilean public health 
experts that reviewed the scale for obtaining a preliminary version 
of a 30-item modified MAS towards deaf persons; a pilot with 15 
dental students was performed, and a final sample composed 
of 311 students was included. For the exploratory factor analysis 
(EFA), maximum likelihood estimation (ML) for determining 
the number of factors and parallel analysis (PA) was used, with 
Oblimin for the rotation method. Cronbach’s alpha was used to 
assess reliability. The root mean square error of approximation 
(RMSEA), comparative fit index (CFI), incremental fit index (IFI), 
goodness of fit index (GFI), Tucker-Lewis fit index (TLI-NNF) and 
root mean square of residuals (RMSR) were used to assess model 
fit. Results: All items had a normal distribution with the exception 
of items 7 and 10. The four-factor structure without item 10 in this 
EFA presented an adequate Cronbach’s alpha (>0.83), suggesting 
acceptable reliability. RMSEA, TLI-NNFI, RMSR, GFI and CFI 
indices suggested a good fit of the model and were consistent 
with the literature. Conclusion: The Spanish modified version of 
the MAS towards deaf persons has a four-factor structure, which 
in consistent with a previous version of the MAS.

Keywords: Deafness. Validation studies as topic. Attitude. 
Students, dental. Hispanic americans. Chile.

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Introduction

One out of seven persons have some kind of disability, comprising one of the most mar-
ginalized groups in the world1,2. In the case of the deaf population, more than 460 million 
people have a hearing disability worldwide2. In Chile, 20% of the population has a disability, 
from which 8.2% corresponds to a hearing disability3.

A significant proportion of the obstacles that people with disabilities (PwD) face when enter-
ing society are determined by the attitudes of the rest of the population, since it has been 
described that negative attitudes hinder their inclusion in education, employment, health 
care and social participation4-6. Unfavorable attitudes and feeling of discomfort regarding 
people with hearing disability also has been described7,8 hampering their inclusion.

Attitudes are usually defined as: “the disposition or tendency to respond positively or nega-
tively about a certain idea, object, person or situation”, which is closely related to our opin-
ions and beliefs, and based on our own experiences9. It has been proposed that attitudes 
involve three components: a cognitive component that refers to thoughts, beliefs, or per-
ceptions about an object/person; an affective component is related to emotion, which can 
be positive or negative; and a behavioral component linked to a way of acting10,11.

There are various instruments to measure attitudes toward PwD for general popula-
tion. They can assess attitudes towards disability in general, as the Attitude to Dis-
ability Scale for people with disabilities12 or the Attitudes Towards Disabled Persons 
Scale13. Also, they can assess attitudes towards a specific disability, such as Attitudes 
towards Deafness Scale14-16, Attitudes toward Intellectual Disability Questionnaire17 
and the Multidimensional Attitudes Scale toward Persons with Disabilities (MAS)18, 
among others. The MAS, an originally three-dimension scale, with good psychometric 
properties18, has been cross-culturally adapted to different languages reporting four 
dimensions19-22. Moreover, the French and Chinese modified versions of the MAS for 
Autism Spectrum have been validated as a four-dimension scale21,22.

Although the MAS was created to measure attitudes in the general population, the 
samples used in its construction and cross-cultural adaptations were mostly college 
students18-20,22. Moreover, as the Attitudes towards Deafness Scale was created for 
health professionals, there are no instruments to measure attitudes towards the deaf 
population in college students, including dental students. This situation could be con-
sidered a long-standing oversight in dental education research, as inclusion must be 
a relevant part of the training of future dentists.

Based on the above, and considering that MAS has not been used in Chile, our aim was to 
examine the factor structure of a cross-cultural Spanish modified version of the MAS towards 
deaf persons using exploratory factor analyses in a sample of Chilean dental students.

Materials and Methods

Study type
This cross-sectional study aimed to examine the factor structure of a cross-cultural 
Spanish modified version of the MAS towards deaf persons using exploratory factor 
analyses in a sample of Chilean dental students.



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Sample

The target population was comprised of dental students from Universidad de Con-
cepción, from first to fifth year, with a grand total of 350 students. Students from sixth 
year were excluded as they participated in the pilot test. The final sample was com-
posed of 311 participants; all were 18 years old or older.

There is no exact number for validation studies of scales, but between 2 to 20 partici-
pants per item are recommended, with a minimum of 100-250 participants22. The MAS 
scale is composed of 30 items, so the estimated sample size ranges from 60-600.

Instrument

The Spanish version of the MAS is a 30-item scale that measures attitudes towards 
PwD by asking participants to react to a social scenario between ‘‘José” or ‘‘Claudia” 
and another individual who is using a wheelchair in a public space. Thus, using a 
person in a wheelchair as prototypical for PwD. Respondents are asked to mark their 
answers on a five-point Likert scale, ranging from 1 (not at all) to 5 (very much). High 
scores indicate negative attitudes towards people with physical disabilities while 
lower scores indicate positive attitudes toward people with physical disabilities. The 
calm dimension items need to be inverted as they describe positive statements. In the 
present research, the stimulus ‘‘person in a wheelchair’’ was changed to “deaf person”. 
The application of the instrument takes around 5 minutes.

The factor analysis, performed by the scale’s authors, revealed the four following 
factors or dimensions: negative affections (11 items), calm (3 items), cognitions 
(10 items) and behaviors (6 items). The confirmatory factor analysis, conducted in all 
the other participants, confirmed the validity and adequacy of the model to 4 factors 
(v2 = 2.15; RMSEA =.068; CFI =.88; IFI =.88; TLI =.87)19.

Validation assessment

Face and content validity was executed via a cross-cultural adaptation process which 
was carried out according to Beaton et al.23. Five Chilean public health experts with 
different academic backgrounds were selected for the committee, which included a 
psychologist with expertise in disability research and validation studies, three health 
researchers with experience in disability and public health, and a statistician with experi-
ence in validating instruments in health sciences. The committee reviewed the process 
for obtaining a preliminary version of a modified Chilean version of the MAS towards 
deaf persons regarding feasibility, readability, consistency of style and formatting and 
the clarity of the language used. A test with the pre-final version was carried out with 15 
dental students in sixth year at the University of Concepción. The difficulties and prob-
lems of understanding the instrument were evaluated, and a few changes were made in 
the final version of the instrument regarding the clarity of the language used.

Cross-cultural adaptation: The original Spanish version says (José/Claudia) with a 
person in a wheelchair (female/male). Firstly, only the stimulus of “person in wheel-
chair” was replaced by “deaf person”. As students during the pilot reported getting 
confused whether to focus on José or Claudia and if the deaf person was female or 
male, after the pilot it was decided to develop four versions of the instrument, one that 



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says “José” and a “young deaf male”; “José” and a “young deaf female”; “Claudia” and 
a “young deaf male”; “Claudia” and a “young deaf female”.

Data collection

Two researchers collected sociodemographic data and the application of the instrument 
through an auto applied survey. To ensure that the questions are not addressed to the 
respondent directly but based on a projection mechanism ensuring greater honesty of 
the answers, the four versions were randomly distributed to female/male participants. 
Data were collected in the classroom at the beginning of theory or clinical activities, 
during the first two months of the second semester of 2018. Each course was visited 
twice in case a student was absent the first time. There was no monetary nor academic 
compensation associated with participation. All students were invited to participate.

Each student was informed of the study aim and their voluntary participation was 
obtained through signed informed consent. Participants answered the modified ver-
sion of the MAS towards deaf persons and provided sociodemographic data.

Ethics

This study was approved by the Research and Bioethics Committee of the Universi-
dad de Concepción School of Dentistry (C.I.Y.B. N°053/17) and was conducted in full 
accordance with the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki. All respondents 
agreed to voluntary participate by providing signed informed consent. The survey was 
anonymous, and the information was used only for the purposes of this research.

Statistical analysis

Data were tabulated in an Excel spreadsheet (MS Corp., USA). To examine the ade-
quacy of the data, a multivariate normal distribution was executed by examining the 
univariate symmetry coefficient and kurtosis of each item, the Pearson correlation 
matrix with the Bartlett test of sphericity, and Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO).

For the exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA), Maximum likelihood estimation (ML) for 
determining the number of factors Parallel analysis (PA) was used with Oblimin for 
rotation method, loadings lower than 0.3 were not considered. Finally, to determine 
reliability, Cronbach’s alpha was calculated for the total score and subscale scores.

The indices used to determine the model fitness were root mean square error of 
approximation (RMSEA), the comparative fit index (CFI), incremental fit index (IFI), 
Goodness of Fit Index (GFI), Tucker-Lewis fit index (TLI-NNF) and for the fitted residu-
als Root Mean Square of Residuals (RMSR).

Data analyses were conducted using STATA 16 (Stata Corp., USA) and FACTOR 10 
(Universitat Rovira I Virgili, Spain).

Results
The sample was composed of 311 participants. Table 1 details the changes made on 
this adapted version from the original one. In general, all items had a normal distribu-
tion, with the exception of items 7 and 10 (Table 2). Different models were executed in 
order to determine the best fit.



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Table 1. Adaptations made from the original MAS.

Original version:
Imagine la siguiente situación. José/Claudia fue a almorzar con un grupo de amigos a un 
restaurante. Una persona en silla de ruedas, a quien José/Claudia no conoce, entra en la 
cafetería y se une al grupo.

First version for pilot:
Imagine la siguiente situación. José/Claudia fue a almorzar con un grupo de amigos a un 
restaurante. Una persona sorda, a quien Mario/María no conoce, entra en el restaurante y 
se une al grupo. 

Final versions

1. Imagine la siguiente situación. Claudia fue a almorzar con un grupo de amigos a un 
restaurante. Una joven sorda, a quien Claudia no conoce, entra en el restaurante y se une al grupo.
2. Imagine la siguiente situación. Claudia fue a almorzar con un grupo de amigos a un 
restaurante. Un joven sordo, a quien Claudia no conoce, entra en el restaurante y se une al grupo.
3. Imagine la siguiente situación. José fue a almorzar con un grupo de amigos a un 
restaurante. Una joven sorda, a quien José no conoce, entra en el restaurante y se une al grupo.
4. Imagine la siguiente situación. José fue a almorzar con un grupo de amigos a un 
restaurante. Un joven sordo, a quien José no conoce, entra en el restaurante y se une al grupo.

Table 2. Symmetry measures for each item.

Item Asymmetry Kurtosis

p12 -,536 -,222

p13 -,421 -,412

p14 -,381 -,433

p21 -,201 -,849

p30 -,168 -,677

p4 -,164 -,738

p18 ,073 -,565

p22 ,109 -,878

p3 ,130 -,721

p9 ,155 -,906

p27 ,178 -1,081

p1 ,276 -,664

p15 ,312 -,627

p19 ,361 -,040

p17 ,363 -,338

p16 ,390 -,359

p20 ,420 -,315

p29 ,465 -1,025

p23 ,493 -,193

p24 ,624 -,304

p25 ,669 -,654

p8 ,745 -,779

p6 1,033 ,047

p5 1,108 ,197

p26 1,162 ,588

p28 1,391 1,170

p2 1,491 2,213

p11 1,604 1,662

p7 1,878 2,933

p10 2,730 7,582



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Model 1

All 30 items were included. A significant Bartlett test of sphericity was obtained 
(p<0.001) and a KMO of 0.855 and an overall 0.8779 Cronbach’s alpha. The ML and 
PA analysis advised a four-dimension model (Table 3a) The Oblimin rotation for the 
advised model (Table 4a) showed a good internal consistency (Factor 1= 0.8918; 
Factor 2= 0.9038; Factor 3= 0.8332, Factor 4= 0.8315). In Table 5, indices of the fit-
ted model can be observed. The dimensions were: negative effects (11 items), calm 
(3 items), cognition (10 items) and behaviors (6 items).

Table 3. Parallel Analysis with and without item 10.

Parallel analysis based on minimum rank factor analysis

Factor

With all-30 items Without item 10

Real-data % of 
variance

Mean of 
random % of 

variance

95 percentile 
of random % 
of variance

Real-data % of 
variance

Mean of 
random % of 

variance

95 percentile 
of random % 
of variance

1 26.3854* 69.362 74.966 25.2298* 7.1391 7.6882

2 16.9582* 64.800 69.601 16.4008* 6.6773 7.1497

3 9.7375* 61.474 65.788 9.2254* 6.3391 6.7502

4 6.6179* 58.574 62.246 5.7940 6.0279 6.3777

5 48.204 55.969 59.386 4.6558 5.7579 6.0850

6 40.024 53.474 56.637 3.9223 5.4936 5.8099

7 30.881 51.249 54.152 3.4597 5.2535 5.5521

8 30.179 48.883 51.499 3.2321 4.9963 5.2848

Table 4. Oblimin rotated loading matrix for models 1-3.

Model 1 Model 2 Model 3

Item F- 1 F-2 F- 3 F-4 F- 1 F- 2 F-3 F- 4 F-1 F- 2 F-3

p1     0.567       0.587     0.456  

p2 0.439 0.383   0.542  

p3     0.737       0.776     0.522  

p4 0.766 0.819   0.474 0.353

p5     0.594       0.543     0.411  

p6 0.583 0.583   0.372  

p7     0.443       0.563     0.543  

p8 0.465 0.383   0.324  

p9     0.544       0.450     0.330 0.314

p10 0.438      

p11     0.401       0.353     0.362  

p12 0.755 0.742     0.749

p13 0.935             0.951     0.893

p14 0.894 0.888     0.879

p15   0.577       0.576     0.603    

p16 0.679 0.680 0.700    

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Model 2

A second model was executed after eliminating item 10. A significant Bartlett test of sphe-
ricity was obtained (p< 0.001) and a KMO of 0.85483 and an overall 0.8761 Cronbach’s 
alpha. The ML and PA analysis advised a three-dimension model (Table 3b). The Oblimin 
rotation for the four-dimension model (Table 4b) showed a good internal consistency 
(Factor 1= 0.8918; Factor 2= 0.9038; Factor 3= 0.8332; Factor 4= 0.8315). In Table 5, indi-
ces of the fitted model can be observed. The same structure as model 1 was observed.

Model 3

As the ML and PA analysis advised a three-dimension structure, we executed the 
Oblimin rotation for the three-dimension model without item 10 (Table 3c), which 
showed good internal consistency (Factor 1= 0.8918; Factor 2= 0.9038; Factor 
3= 0.8506). However, this model presented a different structure, as the dimension 
negative affections was blended with the dimension behaviors.

Discussion
The four-factor structure without item 10 in this EFA presented an adequate Cronbach’s 
alpha, suggesting acceptable internal consistency. Moreover, the RMSEA, TLI-NNFI, RMSR, 

p17   0.760       0.755     0.782    

p18 0.658 0.668 0.661    

p19   0.798       0.790     0.799    

p20 0.766 0.755 0.751    

p21   0.622       0.639     0.590    

p22 0.506 0.517 0.472    

p23   0.748       0.749     0.732    

p24 0.653 0.654 0.617    

p25       0.869 0.862         0.760  

p26 0.834 0.837   0.735  

p27       0.632 0.615         0.621  

p28 0.680 0.702   0.647  

p29       0.681 0.677         0.704  

p30       0.346 0.329         0.304  

Continuation

Table 5. Comparison of indices of the adjusted models.

Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Expected values

RMSEA 0.076 0.075 0.095 ≤0.08

TLI-NNFI 0.911 0.916 0.868 ≥0.85-0.90

RMSR 0.0501 0.0473 0.0656 ≤0.0568

GFI 0.971 0.975 0.920 ≥0.95

CFI 0.935 0.939 0.895 ≥0.90

Root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA), Comparative fit index (CFI), Incremental fit index (IFI), 
Goodness of Fit Index (GFI), Tucker-Lewis fit index (TLI-NNF), and Root Mean Square of Residuals (RMSR).



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GFI and CFI indices suggested a good fit of the model. Also, it showed the best fitted 
model and was consistent with the literature19-22. All items loaded in a factor with the same 
four-factor structure, suggesting similarities with the Colombian version of the MAS19.

When examining the pattern of item loadings, though all 30 items loaded with an 
exceeding absolute value of 0.3 into a factor, item 10 was removed from the scale 
because of cultural differences. Although the word “Depresión” is a direct translation 
of “Depression”, in Chile, it only has the strong connotation of a diagnosed mental 
illness, unlike in other countries which it also has the connotation of emotions such 
as “sadness” or “sorrow”. In the adaptation process, that item was identified as likely 
problematic, a situation which was confirmed in the EFA, which finally suggested its 
exclusion from this adapted version. In this sense, depression was not considered a 
consistent part of the attitudes toward deaf persons in this sample.

Criterion validation was not possible because there were no validated instruments in 
Chile regarding attitudes towards PwD. Moreover, as this instrument was already in 
Spanish, a confirmatory analysis (CFA) might have been suggested, but as the stimu-
lus “person in a wheelchair” was changed to “deaf person”, an EFA was mandatory in 
other to pursue further analysis.

Several limitations should be considered when interpreting the results of this study. First, 
the sample consisted of individuals receiving undergraduate dental education, as we 
were interested in determining the effect of an elective course24 on attitudes towards deaf 
persons. As it has been determined that higher levels of education are associated with 
more positive attitudes, future studies should also be conducted with different samples 
and with lower or higher education levels. Secondly, the MAS is an explicit instrument, so 
it is possible that social desirability or other factors could have influenced how partici-
pants responded. This is contrasted with what was previously reported, where the results 
of the Implicit Association Test (IAT) did not correlate generally with the results of explicit 
scales25,26. Therefore, future studies should focus on designing IATs toward people with 
disabilities in Chile. Third, the sample size did not allow us to divide the sample in two in 
order to run an EFA with one subsample and a CFA with the other, so it is recommended 
to consider sample sizes of 500 participants and over. Finally, although the TLI-NNFI, 
RMSR, GFI and CFI indices suggested a good fit of the model for the four-factor solution, 
the RMSEA suggested an adequate – but not good – fit.

Among the strengths of this study is that this Spanish modified version of the MAS 
may serve as a useful tool in identifying attitudes towards deaf persons and, from 
there, generate strategies to address them. Different entities such as the World Health 
Organization have stated the urgent need for policies that promote the inclusion of 
PwD1-2. However, to achieve the latter in Chile, validated instruments are needed in 
order to determine these current attitudes. Secondly, no student refused to partici-
pate, which strengthens our results. Another strength is the diverse background of the 
expert panel, supporting an adequate adaptation process.

Despite these limitations, it is important to remember that the validation process is 
permanent, and there is no study that can assure that any instrument has full validity, 
as each validation study adds evidence on different aspects of the validity for specific 
uses and particular populations for an individual instrument.



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In conclusion, the Spanish modified version of the MAS towards deaf persons has a 
four-factor structure, which in consistent with previous version of the MAS.

Ethics Approval
This study was approved by the Research and Bioethics Committee of the Universi-
dad de Concepción School of Dentistry (C.I.Y.B. N°053/17) and was conducted in full 
accordance with the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki.

Consent to Participate
Each student was informed of the study aim and their voluntary participation was 
obtained through signed informed consent.

Conflict of Interest
None

Acknowledgements
None

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