Assessing Personal and General Belief in a Just World: Adaptation of a Scale to the Brazilian Context/Medindo crenca no mundo justo pessoal e geral: adaptacao de uma escala ao contexto brasileiro/Midiendo creencia en el mundo justo personal y general: adaptación de una escala al contexto brasileño

This article aims to adapt the Belief in a Just World Scale to the Brazilian context, providing evidence of its reliability and factorial validity. Two studies were carried out in virtual environments. Study 1 aimed at knowledge of the measure's factorial structure and its reliability. Its part...

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Veröffentlicht in:Avances en psicología latinoamericana 2018-01, Vol.36 (1), p.167
Hauptverfasser: Gouveia, Valdiney Veloso, do Nascimento, Anderson Mesquita, Pessoa, Rildesia Silva Veloso Gouveia Joao, de Medeiros, Emerson Diogenes, da Fonseca, Patricia Nunes, Santos, Layrtthon Carlos de Oliveira
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Zusammenfassung:This article aims to adapt the Belief in a Just World Scale to the Brazilian context, providing evidence of its reliability and factorial validity. Two studies were carried out in virtual environments. Study 1 aimed at knowledge of the measure's factorial structure and its reliability. Its participants were 300 individuals with a mean age of 26.4 years (61.3% females), who satisfied the scale and demographic requirements. The results indicated a 2-component structure: personal belief in a just world [7 items, eigenvalue = 4.42, and Cronbach's alpha ([alpha]) of .83], and general belief in a just world (6 items, eigenvalue = 1.67, and [alpha] = .69). Study 2 aimed to confirm the previous 2-factor structure. Its participants were 331 individuals with a mean age of 27.1 years (64.4%% females). The fit indices supported the 2-factor model [GFI = .92, CFI = .91, and RMSEA = .07 (CI90% = .05-.08)], which showed acceptable reliability coefficients ([alpha] = .82 and .71, respectively). In conclusion, the findings support evidence for the factorial validity and reliability of this measure, which can be used in future studies in Brazil. Keywords: Belief, just world, scale, validity. Este artigo procurou adaptar ao contexto brasileiro a Escala de Crenca no Mundo Justo, reunindo evidencias de sua validade fatorial e consistencia interna. Realizaram-se dois estudos em ambientes virtuais. No Estudo 1 o proposito foi conhecer a estrutura fatorial e consistencia interna desta medida. Participaram 300 pessoas com idade media de 26,4 anos (61,3% do sexo feminino), que responderam esta escala e perguntas demograficas. Os resultados mostram uma solucao de dois componentes: crenca no mundo justo pessoal [7 itens, valor proprio = 4,42 e alfa de Cronbach (a) de 0,83] e crenca no mundo justo geral (6 itens, valor proprio = 1,67 e [alpha] = 0,69). Ja o Estudo 2 objetivou comprovar esta estrutura bifatorial. Participaram 331 individuos com media de idade de 27,1 (64,4% do sexo feminino). Os indicadores de ajuste observados deram suporte ao modelo com dois fatores [e.g., GFI = 0,92, CFI = 0,91 e RMSEA = 0,07 (IC90% = 0,05-0,08)], que apresentaram coeficientes aceitaveis de consistencia interna (a = .82 e .71, respectivamente). Concluindo, os achados apoiam evidencias de validade fatorial e consistencia interna desta medida, que podera ser utilizada em estudos futuros no Brasil. Palavras-chave: crenca, mundo justo, escala, validade. Este articulo procuro adaptar al contexto brasilen
ISSN:1794-4724
DOI:10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/apl/a.4989