Adaptação transcultural e estrutura fatorial da versão brasileira da escala Right-Wing Authoritarianism

Abstract

A escala mais utilizada para avaliar autoritarismo é a Escala de Autoritarismo de Direita (EAD) originalmente denominada Right-Wing Authoritarianism (RWA). Ela avalia autoritarismo decorrente de crenças associadas à direita política, correlacionando-se com construtos como homofobia, oposição a direitos civis de transexuais, conformidade social e autodeclaração como partidário da direita política. Embora já tenha sido utilizada em contexto nacional assistematicamente, não foram feitos estudos de adaptação para o Brasil. O presente estudo buscou adaptar a EAD para a língua portuguesa e analisar suas propriedades psicométricas no contexto brasileiro através de análise fatorial exploratória. A versão adaptada da EAD apresentou estrutura de quatro fatores com bons índices de consistência interna: Autoritarismo (α = 0,936), Constestação à Autoridade (α = 0,858), Tradicionalismo (α = 0,871) e Submissão à Autoridade (α = 0,897). A medida também apresentou validade de critério entre grupos, bem como validade convergente e divergente. Por fi m, conclui-se que ela é válida e confi ável para investigação de autoritarismo na população brasileira.

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