Importance and Perception of the Character Strengths Scale: psychometric evidence  in professors

Valeschka Martins Guerra; Leogildo Alves Freires; Clarisse Lourenço Cintra; Marcella Bastos Cacciari; Naiara Ferreira Vieira Castello

doi:10.22235/cp.v15i1.2102

Autores

Valeschka Martins Guerra Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7455-125X
Leogildo Alves Freires Universidade Federal de Alagoas https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5149-2648
Clarisse Lourenço Cintra Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6746-1934
Marcella Bastos Cacciari Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2018-2262
Naiara Ferreira Vieira Castello Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2820-5617

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22235/cp.v15i1.2102

Palavras-chave:

Forças de caráter, Virtudes, Psicologia Positiva, Escala, docentes

Resumo

Este estudo teve como objetivo apresentar o desenvolvimento e evidências psicométricas da Escala de Importância e Percepção de Forças de Caráter (EIPFC)-versão para Professores. Dois estudos quantitativos foram conduzidos. O Estudo 1 contou com 214 professores universitários (media de idade = 39,21; DP = 9,77; 55,6 % mulheres), que responderam ao EIPFC- Professores e perguntas sociodemográficas. Análises exploratórias sugeriram uma estrutura unifatorial para ambas as subescalas. O Estudo 2 contou com 262 professores universitários (media de idade = 41,80; DP = 9,81; 50,8 % homens). Análises confirmatórias sugeriram a adequação da estrutura de seis fatores teoricamente proposta para ambas as subescalas, após comparação com o modelo alternativo unifatorial. A EIPFC- Professores apresentou índices satisfatórios de confiabilidade e pode ser aplicada em docentes de diferentes setores, de forma a compreender suas forças de caráter.

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