O afeto sob a perspectiva do circumplexo: evidências de validade de construto

Abstract

RESUMOO afeto é um estado de prazer ou desprazer com diferentes graus de ativação e é constantemente vivenciado pelas pessoas. Objetivou-se com este estudo buscar evidências de validade e precisão de um instrumento de medida para avaliação de afeto em uma amostra de atletas. ABSTRACT -Core affect and the circumplex approach: Evidence for construct validity Core affect is a feeling of pleasure or displeasure that varies in terms of activation, and it is constantly experienced by people. The aim of this study was to verify the validity and reliability evidence of a measurement instrument to assess core affect in a population of athletes. The sample was composed of 330 athletes (87.6% are male), with a mean age of 21.8 years (SD=5.36). The measurement instrument used for data collection included 26 pairs of adjectives based on a circumplex representing a possible model for core affect. Data analysis was performed using descriptive statistics, factor analysis, and Cronbach's alpha. Moreover, partial validity evidence was found for a 3-factor solution. In conclusion, further studies are recommended to search for evidence of validity and precision regarding core affect in the Brazilian population. Keywords: core affect; psychometrics; sport psychology.RESUMEN -El afecto bajo la perspectiva del circumplejo: evidencia de la validez del constructo El afecto es un estado de placer o desplacer con grados variables de activación y se experimenta constantemente en la vida de las personas. El objetivo de este estudio fue buscar evidencia de la validez y exactitud de un instrumento de medida para evaluación de afecto en una muestra de atletas. La muestra fue de 330 atletas (87,6 % varones) con una edad promedio de 21,8 años (DE=5,36). El instrumento de medición utilizado para la recolección de datos tuvo 26 pares de adjetivos que se basaban en un circumplejo que es un posible modelo de afecto. El análisis de datos se realizó mediante procedimientos tales como estadística descriptiva, análisis factorial y el cálculo de alfa de Cronbach. Se encontraron evidencias de validez parciales para el instrumento de medida con tres factores. Se sugiere que se realicen nuevas investigaciones para buscar evidencias de la validez y exactitud sobre el afecto en el contexto brasileño. Palabras clave: afecto; psicometría; psicología del deporte.

Instrumentos de avaliação em Psicologia do Esporte com evidências de validade no Brasil

“…especialidades culturais e sociais próprias. Os demais testes identificados no presente estudo (Crispim et al, 2017;Silva et al, 2015) foram construídos no Brasil, a partir do levantamento de necessidades dos autores de mensurar constructos que não tinham tanto suporte instrumental. De forma geral, todos os estudos demonstraram a importância de levar adiante a verificação de validade dos instrumentos, como um processo contínuo, e não estático.…”

A BDI Empathic Agent Model Based on a Multidimensional Cross-Cultural Emotion Representation

“…A proceeding study by I. Knez and S. Hygge [127] evaluated a Swedish translation of the forty-eight emotion adjectives observed a reasonable consistency with earlier pleasure and arousal models. Similarly, the studies conducted in [48,143] proposed some adjectives to translate these affective categories in specific domains. These adjectives can thus be a good starting point for the present study.…”

“…According to this methodology, for the first experiment (concerning identification of suitable pleasure-arousal end-points), a set of labels was chosen for each language. This labels were selected from the common Portuguese and Swedish labels proposed in [48,143] and [127] respectively. With the aim to minimize bias, we complemented both set of labels with different synonyms collected from the dictionaries: Priberam [177] and Infopedia [105] for Portuguese and Bab.la [12] and Synonymer [214] for Swedish.…”

“…EXPERIMENT DESIGN experiment we selected the ten emotions proposed in [196]: "Fear", "Surprise", "Disgust", "Anger", "Boredom", "Sleepiness", "Sadness", "Excitement", "Calm", and "Happiness". Similarly to the first experiment, suitable labels for representing emotions were chosen that are common with the Swedish labels of Knez and Hygge [127] and with the Portuguese labels presented in [48] and [143], coupled with the resulting end-point labels from the first experiment. We decided to select for Portuguese the words: "Medo", "Surpresa", "Aversão", "Raiva", "Aborrecimento", "Sonolência", "Tristeza", "Excitação", "Calmo", and "Felicidade".…”

“…The labels generally used for the affective category of pleasure in previous Portuguese studies [48,143] are "Prazer" for pleasure and "Desprazer" for misery (displeasure), which was an expected result of the first experiment in Portuguese, which could capture a general meaning of pleasure and misery. However, these words were not chosen by the participants.…”