Revisão da estrutura fatorial da escala de satisfação conjugal

Abstract

ResumoA satisfação conjugal é um construto relevante para o estudo na Psicologia, dada sua importância no desenvolvimento deste relacionamento interpessoal. Esta investigação revisou a estrutura fatorial da Escala de Satisfação Conjugal (ESC). A ESC, frequentemente, tem sido utilizada na pesquisa brasileira, inclusa como medida convergente para gerar evidências de validade de critério no desenvolvimento de novas medidas psicológicas. Por outro lado, suas propriedades psicométricas não são verifi cadas há 25 anos. Participou deste estudo uma amostra não probabilística de 249 pessoas do Rio de Janeiro, com idades entre 21 e 77 anos (M = 45,3; DP = 13,26), casadas ou em uniões estáveis há 19,5 anos em média (DP = 12,88). Os dados coletados foram submetidos às Análises Fatorial Exploratória e Confi rmatória. O exame revelou alguns itens com desempenhos psicométricos insatisfatórios. Contudo, uma versão reduzida da ESC apresentou simplicidade e índices de ajuste estimados muito bons. Evidências de validade da existência de um fator de segunda ordem também foram produzidas. A fi dedignidade estimada para os fatores e a escala toda variou de 0,93 a 0,85. Palavras-chave:Satisfação conjugal, relação conjugal, propriedades psicométricas. Review of the Marital Satisfaction Scale's Factor Structure AbstractMarital satisfaction is a construct that is relevant to psychology research due to its signifi cance in terms of establishing this interpersonal relationship. The present study examines the factor structure of the Marital Satisfaction Scale (MSS). The MSS has frequently been employed in Brazilian studies, incorporated as a convergent measure for producing criterion validity evidence in the elaboration of new 1 Endereço para correspondência:

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“…As for the criteria for retention of factors, the classic methods of decision making, such as eigenvalues and screeplot, are considered inadequate; the use of Parallel Analysis is indicated, because it has shown greater precision. In this study, validity evidence of a scale for evaluating teachers' motivation for teaching was sought, prepared with items available in the literature and translated into Portuguese, using statistical techniques recommended by scholars of psychometrics today, such as, for example, Damásio (2012), Hernandez et al (2017).…”

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“…The ESC contains 24 items to be assessed on a threepoint Likert scale, with subscales that assess marital interaction, emotional and structural aspects. The study by Hernandez et al (2017) revised the factor structure of the Marital Satisfaction Scale and presented reliable psychometric properties for both the total scale (α=0.91 and its subscales: marital interaction (α=0.86), emotional aspects (α=0.81) and structural aspects (α=0.79).…”