Abstract:ResumoO trabalho teve como objetivo descrever a construção e os estudos psicométricos iniciais de uma escala para avaliação da impulsividade. Para isso foram realizados três estudos com três amostras diferentes de alunos de um curso técnico em segurança pública do estado de Minas Gerais. Em todos os casos, a análise da estrutura interna evidenciou a existência de quatro fatores. A denominação dos fatores foi "Falta de concentração e de persistência", "Controle cognitivo", "Planejamento futuro" e "Audácia e tem… Show more
“…The items that comprise factor 3 did not achieve the criterion for unidimensionality. However, it should be considered that, (a) the data presented by Ávila-Batista and Rueda (2011) and Rueda and Ávila-Batista (2013) suggest the consistency of this set of items, and (b) despite surpassing that expected in the eigenvalues criterion, it can be considered that 2.2 is only marginally higher than 2. To verify whether these results occurred at random, ten databases were simulated (SIFILE = function) for each factor, with residuals being found that varied between 1.3 and 1.5 for factor 1 and between 1.3 and 1.9 for factor 3.…”
“…The items that comprise factor 3 did not achieve the criterion for unidimensionality. However, it should be considered that, (a) the data presented by Ávila-Batista and Rueda (2011) and Rueda and Ávila-Batista (2013) suggest the consistency of this set of items, and (b) despite surpassing that expected in the eigenvalues criterion, it can be considered that 2.2 is only marginally higher than 2. To verify whether these results occurred at random, ten databases were simulated (SIFILE = function) for each factor, with residuals being found that varied between 1.3 and 1.5 for factor 1 and between 1.3 and 1.9 for factor 3.…”
“…Next, the agents responded to the ESAVI (Impulsivity Assessment Scale) developed by Ávila-Batista (2011). Impulsivity is a complex construct that refers to hasty, unplanned behaviors with often detrimental consequences for individuals' lives.…”
The Penitentiary Security Agent (PSA) profession can expose individuals to risk, fear, and violence in the workplace, leading to high levels of stress and anxiety that can impact their quality of life. This study evaluated psychological needs and quality of life characteristics of a group of PSAs in João Pessoa, Paraíba. Anxiety levels, impulsiveness, and quality of life were evaluated in 64 professionals using various scales. The results showed that anxiety was moderate in men only in the Cognitive and Physiological scales and absent in the Motor and General Level of Anxiety scales. In women, moderate anxiety was observed in all four subscales. Quality of life was rated as regular in all four domains, with Social Relations being the best-structured and Environment being the lowest scoring domain. The evaluation of impulsivity showed a low score in the Lack of Concentration and Persistence factor, an extreme lower score in the Cognitive Control and Future Planning factors, and a medium score in the Audacity and Temerity factor. These results differ from the literature, indicating high anxiety scores and low quality of life for PSAs. Thus, further studies are needed to understand the impact of the work environment on the psyche of PSAs and develop actions to improve their psychological needs, manage anxiety and impulsivity, and positively impact their quality of life.
The aim of this study was to evaluate executive functioning (EF) and impulsiveness in three groups of people aged 30 to 79 years: post-frontal stroke (n = 13) and post-extra-frontal chronic stroke of the right hemisphere (n = 31) and control (n = 38). The years of education varied between the groups was as follows, frontal lesion group: M = 12 (SD = 6.11); extra-frontal lesion group: M = 9.06 (SD = 4.94); and control: M = 9.61 (SD = 4.24) years. The following instruments were used: Behavioural Assessment Dysexecutive Syndrome, Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WSCT), Barratt Impulsivity Scale, Impulsivity Evaluation Scale, Delay Descounting Task and Go/No-Go Task. We found differences in EF between the extra-frontal lesion group and the control group with respect to cognitive flexibility (p = .018); number of WCST trials (p = .018); WCST perseverative errors (p = .014) and omission by impulsivity errors on the go/no-go task for 250 ms (p = .008) and 1750 ms trials (p = .006). The frontal lesion group made more errors of omission than the control group in the 1750 ms go/no-go trials (p = .006). These results suggest that extra-frontal lesions impair EF by influencing attentional impulsivity.
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