Escala de atitudes face ao lazer em adolescentes e jovens adultos

Abstract

Resumo: Atualmente, o lazer e as atitudes face ao lazer têm sido alvo de interesse na investigação psicológica, concretamente no domínio da Psicologia Social. O objetivo do presente estudo foi adaptar a escala Leisure Attitude Scale de Raghb e Beard, construída para avaliar as atitudes face ao lazer em função das três componentes de atitude (cognitiva, afetiva e comportamental) para a população de estudantes, adolescentes e jovens adultos portugueses. Participaram no estudo 462 sujeitos (57,8% do sexo feminino e 42,2% do sexo masculino), com uma média de idades de 19,97 (desvio padrão de 4,85). Os resultados obtidos confirmam a estrutura e as características psicométricas da versão original, refletindo valores largamente aceitáveis de fidelidade (consistência interna) e validade (validade de conteúdo) quer para a escala total quer para as várias sub-escalas (cognitiva, afetiva e comportamental). Conclui-se pela adequação da escala na medida das atitudes face ao lazer, no contexto português. Palavras-chave: Escala de actitud ante la diversión en adolescentes y jóvenes adultosResumen: La diversión y las actitudes frente a ella vienes siendo objeto de interés en la investigación de la Psicología Social. Nuestro objetivo fue adaptar la escala Leisure Actitudes Scale de Raghb y Beard, que evalúa actitudes frente a la diversión en función de tres componentes (cognitivo, afectivo , y comportamental), para la población de estudiantes, adolescentes y jóvenes adultos portugueses. Participaron 462 sujetos (57,8% del sexo femenino y 42,2% del sexo masculino), con media de edades de 19,97 (desviación standar de 4,85). Se confirmó la estructura y características psicométricas de la versión original, reflejando valores de fidelidad (consistencia interna) y validad (validad de contenido) en la escala total y en las varias sub-escalas (cognitiva, afectiva y comportamental). Concluimos que fue realizada la adaptación de la escala en el contexto portugués.Palabras clave: Recreación. Escala de actitudes. Adaptación. Medida. Fidelidad. Validad.

Attitude Toward Leisure Among the Community-Dwelling Elderly: An Interface for Health Promotion

“…It is important to highlight that values over 108 points reveal positive attitudes toward leisure and those below this value show a negative attitude. 5 Descriptive analysis consisted of cross frequency tables, calculation of descriptive measures and attitude toward leisure, such as the mean and the standard deviation (SD). The associations between the categorical variables were verified by using Fisher's Exact Test.…”

“…This raises the level of the social, physical and psychological well-being of both the individual and the collectivity: a greater willingness to perform different leisure activities can be linked to positive attitudes. 5 Among the different concepts of attitude, the one better associated toward leisure can be operated in a comprehensive and appropriate manner when it involves the separate investigation of the three components of attitude (cognitive, affective and behavioral). The cognitive component pertains to the individual's knowledge, opinions and beliefs; the affective component pertains to feelings and manifests the intensity of enjoyment in becoming involved in leisure activities or not; and the behavioral component shows past leisure experiences, which generate future motivation for greater involvement in leisure activities if they were positive.…”

“…The cognitive component pertains to the individual's knowledge, opinions and beliefs; the affective component pertains to feelings and manifests the intensity of enjoyment in becoming involved in leisure activities or not; and the behavioral component shows past leisure experiences, which generate future motivation for greater involvement in leisure activities if they were positive. 5 Old age becomes a conquest of experiences; however, it brings concurrent challenges to overcome. Living this stage of life productively and satisfactorily in such a manner that positive feelings such as pleasure are generated has great impact on senior citizens' lives.…”

“…A determining factor for involvement in leisure activities is one's attitudes toward it. 5 In a general analysis, the community-dwelling elders' attitudes toward leisure activities were more positive. However, there was no significant association with the evaluated sociodemographic, behavioral or health condition characteristics, which shows that the attitude toward leisure in this population is not dependent on the components under investigation.…”

“…The results found corroborate a study performed with teenagers and adults in Portugal, and obtained averages higher than the neutral point, which also characterizes positive attitudes toward leisure. 5 It can be said that in general individuals express positivity toward leisure activities and experiences. This finding indicates the significant importance of a positive attitude for a possible intervention through health promotion.…”