Social Desirability and Reliability of the Social Skills Inventory for Caregivers of Elderly People

The Social Skills Inventory for Caregivers of the Elderly People (SSI-CE) was developed to assess the interpersonal repertoire of family caregivers. The instrument presents evidence of internal and external validity. However, the existence of a social desirability bias is questioned. The aim of this...

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Veröffentlicht in:Revista iberoamericana de diagnóstico y evaluación psicológica 2021-07 (60), p.95
Hauptverfasser: Queluz, Francine Nathalie Ferraresi Rodrigues, Santos, Acacia Aparecida Angeli dos, Kirchner, Luziane de Fatima
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Zusammenfassung:The Social Skills Inventory for Caregivers of the Elderly People (SSI-CE) was developed to assess the interpersonal repertoire of family caregivers. The instrument presents evidence of internal and external validity. However, the existence of a social desirability bias is questioned. The aim of this study was to verify the evidence of discriminative validity in relation to the social desirability and the reliability of the IHS-CI. The sample comprised 252 caregivers of elderly people, mean age of 50 years-old (SD = 14.4), who answered the following instruments: Sociodemographic Questionnaire; Brazil Criteria; IHS-CI; and Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale. Social skills did not correlate with social desirability, which indicates that the IHS-CI presents evidence of discriminative validity. The precision values found were: Affective Expressiveness ([omega]=.85); Assertive Communication ([omega]=.77); Training/Information Search ([omega]=.68) and General Score ([omega]=.90). The IHS-CI is adequate for use and has strong evidence of validity. Keywords: social competence, assertiveness, ageing, psychological assessment, psychometrics O Inventario de Habilidades Sociais para Cuidadores de Idosos (IHS-CI) foi desenvolvido para avaliar o repertorio interpessoal de cuidadores familiares. O instrumento apresenta evidencias de validade interna e externa. No entanto, questiona-se a existencia do vies desejabilidade social. O objetivo deste estudo foi verificar as evidencias de validade discriminativa em relacao a desejabilidade social e precisao do IHS-CI. Participaram 252 cuidadores de idosos, idade media de 50 anos (DP = 14.4), que responderam aos seguintes instrumentos: Questionario Sociodemografico, Criterio Brasil, IHS-CI e Escala de Desejabilidade Social Marlowe-Crowne. As habilidades sociais nao se correlacionaram com a desejabilidade social, o que indica que o IHS-CI apresenta evidencias de validade discriminativa. Os valores de precisao encontrados foram: Expressividade Afetiva ([omega]=.85); Comunicacao Assertiva ([omega]=.77); Busca de Formacao/Informacao ([omega]=.68) e Escore Geral ([omega]=.90). O IHS-CI esta apto para uso e apresenta boas evidencias de validade. Palavras-chave: competencia social, assertividade, envelhecimento, avaliacao psicologica, psicometria
ISSN:1135-3848
DOI:10.21865/RIDEP60.3.08