Construcción y evidencias de validez de una escala abreviada de autoinforme para evaluar el autoritarismo

A agressão autoritária, a submissão autoritária e o convencionalismo são crenças sociais ou atitudes que fazem parte do chamado “autoritarismo”. Este estudo apresenta a construção e análise das propriedades psicométricas de uma escala abreviada para avaliar tendências autoritárias, a Escala de Atitu...

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dc.title.spa.fl_str_mv Construcción y evidencias de validez de una escala abreviada de autoinforme para evaluar el autoritarismo
dc.title.translated.eng.fl_str_mv Construction and validity evidence of a brief self-report scaleto assess authoritarianism
dc.title.translated.por.fl_str_mv Construção e evidências de validade de uma escala abreviada de autorrelato para avaliar o autoritarismo
title Construcción y evidencias de validez de una escala abreviada de autoinforme para evaluar el autoritarismo
spellingShingle Construcción y evidencias de validez de una escala abreviada de autoinforme para evaluar el autoritarismo
ANSIEDAD
INSATISFACCIÓN CORPORAL
UNIVERSITARIOS
GÉNERO
ANXIETY
BODY DISSATISFACTION
UNIVERSITY
GENDER
ANSIEDADE
INSATISFAÇÃO CORPORAL
UNIVERSITÁRIOS
GÊNERO
title_short Construcción y evidencias de validez de una escala abreviada de autoinforme para evaluar el autoritarismo
title_full Construcción y evidencias de validez de una escala abreviada de autoinforme para evaluar el autoritarismo
title_fullStr Construcción y evidencias de validez de una escala abreviada de autoinforme para evaluar el autoritarismo
title_full_unstemmed Construcción y evidencias de validez de una escala abreviada de autoinforme para evaluar el autoritarismo
title_sort Construcción y evidencias de validez de una escala abreviada de autoinforme para evaluar el autoritarismo
dc.creator.fl_str_mv Ávila-Batista, Ana Cristina
Rueda, Fabián J. M.
Hauck-Filho, Nelson
dc.contributor.author.spa.fl_str_mv Ávila-Batista, Ana Cristina
Rueda, Fabián J. M.
Hauck-Filho, Nelson
dc.subject.proposal.spa.fl_str_mv ANSIEDAD
INSATISFACCIÓN CORPORAL
UNIVERSITARIOS
GÉNERO
ANXIETY
BODY DISSATISFACTION
UNIVERSITY
GENDER
ANSIEDADE
INSATISFAÇÃO CORPORAL
UNIVERSITÁRIOS
GÊNERO
topic ANSIEDAD
INSATISFACCIÓN CORPORAL
UNIVERSITARIOS
GÉNERO
ANXIETY
BODY DISSATISFACTION
UNIVERSITY
GENDER
ANSIEDADE
INSATISFAÇÃO CORPORAL
UNIVERSITÁRIOS
GÊNERO
description A agressão autoritária, a submissão autoritária e o convencionalismo são crenças sociais ou atitudes que fazem parte do chamado “autoritarismo”. Este estudo apresenta a construção e análise das propriedades psicométricas de uma escala abreviada para avaliar tendências autoritárias, a Escala de Atitudes ante o Autoritarismo (Escaut). No total, participaram 786 brasileiros adultos, entre os 18 e 75 anos, 70.7 % militares. Inicialmente, foram elaborados 42 itens para captar os principais tipos de crenças autoritárias, e os resultados das análises fatoriais ordinais permitiram reter 20 itens de moderados a altamente discriminatórios (cargas > .50) de dois fatores latentes: autoritarismo moral e punitivo (α = .88) e autoritarismo submisso (α = .89). As curvas de informação revelaram uma ampla cobertura da variável latente para ambas as subescalas. Inclusive, o instrumento foi capaz de discriminar participantes militares de não militares, com grandes efeitos para as diferenças entre os grupos. Em conclusão, a Escaut consiste numa escala abreviada de autorrelato que pode ser utilizada na pesquisa das principais atitudes autoritárias presentes na população em geral. Ao final do artigo, são discutidas as limitações deste estudo.
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spelling Ávila-Batista, Ana Cristinaba0fec7c-f0cd-40fb-9f22-cd1f7ad0f7de-1Rueda, Fabián J. M.59ad1984-95a3-44de-b0e8-8c9e3138fc39-1Hauck-Filho, Nelsonb05a276e-197f-4b43-a541-f40c65cb9b5c-12019-06-18T16:24:39Z2019-06-18T16:24:39Z2019-06A agressão autoritária, a submissão autoritária e o convencionalismo são crenças sociais ou atitudes que fazem parte do chamado “autoritarismo”. Este estudo apresenta a construção e análise das propriedades psicométricas de uma escala abreviada para avaliar tendências autoritárias, a Escala de Atitudes ante o Autoritarismo (Escaut). No total, participaram 786 brasileiros adultos, entre os 18 e 75 anos, 70.7 % militares. Inicialmente, foram elaborados 42 itens para captar os principais tipos de crenças autoritárias, e os resultados das análises fatoriais ordinais permitiram reter 20 itens de moderados a altamente discriminatórios (cargas > .50) de dois fatores latentes: autoritarismo moral e punitivo (α = .88) e autoritarismo submisso (α = .89). As curvas de informação revelaram uma ampla cobertura da variável latente para ambas as subescalas. Inclusive, o instrumento foi capaz de discriminar participantes militares de não militares, com grandes efeitos para as diferenças entre os grupos. Em conclusão, a Escaut consiste numa escala abreviada de autorrelato que pode ser utilizada na pesquisa das principais atitudes autoritárias presentes na população em geral. Ao final do artigo, são discutidas as limitações deste estudo.La agresión autoritaria, la sumisión autoritaria y el convencionalismo son creencias sociales o actitudes que forman parte del llamado autoritarismo. El presente estudio da cuenta de la construcción y análisis de las propiedades psicométricas de una escala abreviada para evaluar tendencias autoritarias, la Escala de Actitudes frente al Autoritarismo (ESCAUT). En total, participaron 786 brasileños adultos con edades entre los 18 y 75 años, el 70.7 % eran militares. Inicialmente, se elaboraron 42 ítems para captar los principales tipos de creencias autoritarias, y los resultados de los análisis factoriales ordinales permitieron retener 20 ítems de moderados a altamente discriminatorios (cargas > .50) de dos factores latentes: autoritarismo moral y punitivo (α = .88) y autoritarismo sumiso (α = .89). Las curvas de información revelaron una amplia cobertura de la variable latente para ambas subescalas. Incluso, el instrumento fue capaz de discriminar participantes militares de no militares, con grandes efectos para las diferencias entre los grupos. En conclusión, la ESCAUT consiste en una escala abreviada de autoinforme que puede ser utilizada en la investigación de las principales actitudes autoritarias presentes en la población general. Al final se discuten las limitaciones del estudio.Authoritarian aggression, authoritarian submission, and conventionalism comprise beliefs or attitudes know as authoritarianism. In the present study, we report on the development and the test of the psychometric properties of a brief scale for the assessment of authoritarian tendencies, the Attitudes toward Authoritarianism Scale (ESCAUT). Participants in the study were 786 adults with ages ranging from 18 to 75 years, 70.7 % military. An initial pool of 42 items written to capture the core features of authoritarianism was evaluated by specialists, and then answered by the participants. Results from ordinal factor analysis indicated 20 items with moderately to highly discriminative (factor loadings > .50) of two latent factors: Moral and punitive authoritarianism (α = .88), and submissive authoritarianism (α = .89). Test information curves revealed a broad coverage of the latent trait in both subscales. Moreover, the instrument could discriminate military from non-military participants, with large size differences. 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Personality and Individual Differences, 39(5), 863-872. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2005.02.026.Derechos Reservados - Universidad Católica de Colombia, 2019info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessAtribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 4.0 Internacional (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2ANSIEDADINSATISFACCIÓN CORPORALUNIVERSITARIOSGÉNEROANXIETYBODY DISSATISFACTIONUNIVERSITYGENDERANSIEDADEINSATISFAÇÃO CORPORALUNIVERSITÁRIOSGÊNEROConstrucción y evidencias de validez de una escala abreviada de autoinforme para evaluar el autoritarismoConstruction and validity evidence of a brief self-report scaleto assess authoritarianismConstrução e evidências de validade de uma escala abreviada de autorrelato para avaliar o autoritarismoArtículo de revistahttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1Textinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/redcol/resource_type/ARTinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85PublicationORIGINAL1617-14633-1-PB.pdf1617-14633-1-PB.pdfArticulo principalapplication/pdf989129https://repository.ucatolica.edu.co/bitstreams/d7a7d41b-0ccb-45b3-a8b5-e8fc327f400b/download4f15ce675c4167b344f61c047eb7f2bdMD511617-14634-2-PB.pdf1617-14634-2-PB.pdfArticulo principalapplication/pdf985565https://repository.ucatolica.edu.co/bitstreams/2c5b4786-9214-4146-90d7-ff2fd06f7d6c/download3caa8c38c8ad08f0bcd4db8d0651f4ffMD52TEXT1617-14633-1-PB.pdf.txt1617-14633-1-PB.pdf.txtExtracted texttext/plain51663https://repository.ucatolica.edu.co/bitstreams/d9b41e20-3e1f-4e3c-9095-a15060b20105/download8057b1c1caf316f4d091a426ce0333e6MD531617-14634-2-PB.pdf.txt1617-14634-2-PB.pdf.txtExtracted texttext/plain48174https://repository.ucatolica.edu.co/bitstreams/cfba1b66-ed2d-4237-a5c7-0266d1063731/download90c614f5eb647bc1f09a1ae36d6109e4MD55THUMBNAIL1617-14633-1-PB.pdf.jpg1617-14633-1-PB.pdf.jpgRIUCACimage/jpeg22708https://repository.ucatolica.edu.co/bitstreams/121d8b68-7a1b-4d12-8f1b-caf40338a0ce/download0006d31f110b00a5c76c8b26c6a8908fMD541617-14634-2-PB.pdf.jpg1617-14634-2-PB.pdf.jpgRIUCACimage/jpeg22509https://repository.ucatolica.edu.co/bitstreams/8409c3c8-2579-47ff-9746-83c171327bab/downloadaab7ec9357452104c1492e2ba19394c4MD5610983/23229oai:repository.ucatolica.edu.co:10983/232292023-03-24 16:01:57.998https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Derechos Reservados - Universidad Católica de Colombia, 2019https://repository.ucatolica.edu.coRepositorio Institucional Universidad Católica de Colombia - RIUCaCbdigital@metabiblioteca.com