This study aimed to present the validation process and the psychometric properties of the Brazilian version of the Meaning in Life Questionnaire (MLQ). Participants were a nationwide sample of 3020 subjects aged 18-91 years old, from 22 different Brazilian states. Exploratory factor analysis support...

Adaptation and preliminary validation evidences of the School Climate Questionnaire - Revised, Elementary and Middle School Version (SCS-MS)

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Giovanna Wanderley Petrucci et al. (2016)

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"This study presents the procedures fo r adapting the School Climate Survey – Revised, Elementary and Middle School Version(SCS-MS)totheBraziliancontextanddemonstratesth e first evidence of the validity of its use among elementary school students. Participants were 511 children (52,1 % girl s) from...

Systematic Review about Personal Growth Initiative

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Clarissa Pinto Pizarro de Freitas et al. (2016)

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"El presente estudio busca realizar una revisión sistemática de publicacion es acerca de la iniciativa de crecimiento personal. Se realizó una revisión de literatura en las bases de datos Bireme, Index Psi, LILACS, PePSIC, Pubmed - Publisher’s Medline, Wiley Online Library, PsycINFO, OneFile, SciVer...

Evidências adicionais de validade da UWES-9 em amostras brasileiras

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Maria Cristina Ferreira et al. (2016)

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"O engajamento no trabalho consiste em um estado motivacional positivo manifesto em sentimentos de vigor, absorção e dedicação ao trabalho. Para avaliá-lo, foi desenvolvida a Escala de Engajamento no Trabalho de Utrecht. O presente trabalho reuniu evidências de validade da versão reduzida da escala...

Psychometric Properties of the Brazilian 12-Item Short-Form Health Survey Version 2 (SF-12v2)

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Bruno Figueiredo Damásio et al. (2015)

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"The 12-Item Short-Form Health Survey, in its initial (SF-12) and revised form (SF-12v2) is a widely used measure to evaluate health-related quality of life (HRQoL). The present study evaluates the factor structure and reliability of the Brazilian version of the SF-12v2. Participants were 627 subjec...

Meaning in Life Questionnaire: Adaptation process and psychometric properties of the Brazilian version

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Bruno Figueiredo Damásio et al. (2015)

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"This study aimed to present the validation process and the psychometric properties of the Brazilian version of the Meaning in Life Questionnaire (MLQ). Participants were a nationwide sample of 3020 subjects aged 18---91 years old, from 22 different Brazilian states. Exploratory factor analysis supp...

Psychometric properties of the positivity scale - Brazilian version

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Juliane Callegaro Borsa et al. (2015)

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"This study presents the psychometric properties of the Brazilian version of the Positivity Scale (P-Scale). Participants were 730 subjects (65% women), aged from 17 to 70 years old (M = 31.0 years; SD = 11.43), from 21 Brazilian states. The sample was randomly split in two halves to cross-validate...

Effects of Statistical Models and Items Difficulties on Making Trait-Level Inferences: A Simulation Study

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Nelson Hauck Filho et al. (2014)

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"Researchers dealing with the task of estimating locations of individuals on continuous latent variables may rely on several statistical models described in the literature. However, weighting costs and bene fi ts of using one speci fi c model over alternative models depends on empirical information...

Adaptation and Psychometric Properties of the Brazilian Version of the Five-item Mental Health Index (MHI-5)

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Bruno Figueiredo Damásio et al. (2014)

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"This study presents the psychometric properties of the Brazilian version of the five-item Mental Health Index (MHI-5). Participants were 524 subjects (69.8% women), aged from 18 to 88 years old (M = 38.3; SD = 13.26), from 17 Brazilian states. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses supported...

Dimensionalidade da Escala de Estresse Percebido (Perceived Stress Scale, PSS-10) em uma Amostra de Professores

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Wagner de Lara Machado et al. (2014)

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"O presente estudo teve por objetivo investigar a dimensionalidade da Escala de Estresse Percebido em sua versão de 10 itens (PSS-10) em uma amostra de professores (N = 517). Uma análise fatorial exploratória pelo método de extração minimum rank factor analysis, utilizando a matriz de correlações po...

Development and Validation of a Questionnaire to Evaluate Overt Aggression and Reactions to Peer Aggression

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Paola Gremigni et al. (2013)

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"This study presents the psychometric properties of the Peer Aggressive and Reactive Behaviors Questionnaire (PARB-Q), a self-report questionnaire to measure child overt aggression (PA) and reaction to peer aggression (RPA). Participants were 587 Italian elementary school children, aged 7-10 years (...