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Validation of the Five-Factor Self-Concept Questionnaire AF5 in Brazil: Testing Factor Structure and Measurement Invariance Across Language (Brazilian and Spanish), Gender, and Age.
Garcia, Fernando; Martínez, Isabel; Balluerka, Nekane; Cruise, Edie; Garcia, Oscar F; Serra, Emilia.
Afiliação
  • Garcia F; Department of Methodology of the Behavioral Sciences, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
  • Martínez I; Psychology Department, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Cuenca, Spain.
  • Balluerka N; Department of Social Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Methods, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, San Sebastian, Spain.
  • Cruise E; Department of Economics and Social Work, University of Trier, Trier, Germany.
  • Garcia OF; Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
  • Serra E; Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
Front Psychol ; 9: 2250, 2018.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30515120
Self-concept is widely conceptualized as multidimensional (Shavelson et al., 1976). The Five-Factor Self-Concept Questionnaire (AF5, García and Musitu, 2009) assesses five specific dimensions (i.e., academic, social, emotional, family, and physical). It is a psychometrically sound questionnaire, developed, and normed in Spain, which is widely used with Spanish-speaking samples. The validation of the AF5 in Brazil would expand its potential, and would facilitate cross-cultural research. To validate the Brazilian version of the AF5, the present study apply confirmatory factor analysis and multi-sample invariance analysis across sex (women vs. men), age (11-18 years old), and language (Brazilian [Portuguese] vs. Spanish). The sample consisted of 4,534 students (54.6%, women, 53.7%, Spanish) ranging in age from 11 to 18 years old (M = 14.61, SD = 2.09). The findings of the present study confirmed that the five-dimensional AF5 factorial structure provided the better fit to the data compared to alternative one-dimensional and orthogonal five-dimensional structures. The 30 items loaded appropriately on the five dimensions. Multi-group analysis for invariance between sex, age, and language groups showed equal loading in the five factors, equal covariation between the five dimensions, and equal error variances of items. Additionally, in order to obtain an external validity index, the five AF5 factors were related to both acceptance/involvement and strictness/imposition parenting dimensions. These results provide an adequate basis for meaningful comparative studies on a highly relevant construct, multidimensional self-concept, between male and female adolescents of different ages, and Brazilian (Portuguese) and Spanish-speaking samples. These results validate the instrument and confirm its suitability in cross-cultural research.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Aspecto: Determinantes_sociais_saude País/Região como assunto: America do sul / Brasil Idioma: En Revista: Front Psychol Ano de publicação: 2018 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Espanha País de publicação: Suíça

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Aspecto: Determinantes_sociais_saude País/Região como assunto: America do sul / Brasil Idioma: En Revista: Front Psychol Ano de publicação: 2018 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Espanha País de publicação: Suíça