Perception Of Institutional Corruption In Peru: Preliminary Analysis Of Validity And Reliability Among University Students

Abstract

In order to combat institutional corruption, it is necessary to know how people perceive it. However, there are no known instruments that assess the perception of institutional corruption. Therefore, the objective of this research was to design and establish the evidence of validity and reliability of a scale on institutional corruption among university students. It was an instrumental design research, 612 university students from different universities participated, and the data were analyzed using SPSS-26, JASP and Jamovi. The results showed that the proposed 29-item model has an adequate internal structure with the comparative adjustment indexes CFI and TLI above 0.90 and the goodness of fit indexes RMSEA and SRMR below 0.06, the factor loadings for each item were above 0.40. The reliability of the general scale was 0.92 and in its dimensions from 0.71 to 0.91. The proposed scale evaluates three types of perception: low, regular and high. The practical implications of its usefulness as an evaluation and diagnostic instrument are highlighted. Based on its results, educational institutions should develop activities to promote education in values and greater participation in politics by suppressing corruption in state institutions.