Job-related affective well-being scale : evidencias de validade fatorial e consistencia interna

This study aimed at adapting a measure of job-related affective well-being for the Brazilian milieu. Specifically, it was proposed to know evidences of factor validity and reliability of the Job-Related Affective WellBeing Scale (JAWS), assessing if its scores are influenced by participants' gender and age. The participants were 298 individuals employed in small or middle shopping malls in the city of Joao Pessoa, PB; most of them were female (76.8%), with a mean age of 26 years old (SD = 6.87). A main component analysis (with promax rotation) was performed, revealing two components that jointly accounted for 48.1% of the total variance. They were named as positive affect (α= .94; 14 items) and negative affect (α= .87; 13 items). A general factor of affective well-being was also identified (α= .95; 27 items). Participants' scores on these factors were not influenced by their gender or age. These findings are discussed based on literature that describes the psychometric parameters of the JAWS as well as the correlation of affects with demographic variables. Keywords: Affects; emotions; well-being; work. O objetivo deste estudo foi adaptar uma medida de bem-estar afetivo no trabalho para o contexto brasileiro. Especificamente, pretendeu-se conhecer evidencias de validade fatorial e consistencia interna da Job-Related Affective Well-Being Scale (JAWS), avaliando se as pontuacoes nos seus fatores diferem em funcao do genero e da idade dos participantes. Participaram 298 trabalhadores de centros comerciais de pequeno e medio porte da cidade de Joao Pessoa (PB). A maioria destes era do sexo feminino (76,8%), com idade media de 26 anos (DP = 6,87). Atraves de uma analise dos componentes principais (rotacao promax) foram identificados dois fatores que explicaram conjuntamente 48,1% da variancia total: afetos positivos (α= 0,94; 14 itens) e afetos negativos (α= 0,87; 13 itens); um fator geral de bem-estar afetivo no trabalho foi tambem computado (α= 0,95; 27 itens). As pontuacoes dos participantes nestes fatores nao foram influenciadas pelas variaveis genero e idade. Estes resultados sao discutidos a luz do que tem sido escrito sobre os parametros desta escala e da relacao dos afetos com estas variaveis demograficas. Palavras-chave: Afetos; emocoes; bem-estar; trabalho.