Measurement invariance and evidence of external validity of the Peer Aggressive Behavior Scale (PAB-S)

Authors

  • Juliane Callegaro Borsa Departamento de Psicologia e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia Clínica da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7703-5509
  • Diogo Araujo DeSousa Faculdade Pio Décimo, SE, Brasil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-8623.2018.2.27433

Keywords:

Aggressive behavior, Evidence of validity, Children.

Abstract

Aggressive behavior is common in childhood, which requires the use of appropriate instruments to measure them. The aim of this study was to test the measurement invariance of the Peer Aggressive Behavior Scale (PAB-S) and to investigate evidence of validity based on the association with other external variables. Participants were 237 caregivers (M = 38.5; SD = 7.02, 70.6% mothers) and 1,370 children, aged 7 to 13 years (M = 9.87, SD = 1.28, 53.1% girls), students from elementary schools in three Brazilian states. The Multigroup Confirmatory Factor Analysis demonstrated configural, scalar and metric invariance of the PAB-S. The Structural Equation Modeling indicated adequate evidence of concurrent and convergent validity. The results demonstrate adequate psychometric properties of the PAB-S, suggesting its adequacy for use in the Brazilian context. Further studies should be conducted to further evidence the validity and reliability of the PAB-S.

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Author Biography

Juliane Callegaro Borsa, Departamento de Psicologia e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia Clínica da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)

Professora Adjunta do Departamento de Psicologia e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia Clínica da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio). Fundadora e coordenadora do Grupo de Pesquisa em Avaliação Psicológica APlab - Pessoas & Contextos. Coordenadora do Laboratório de Avaliação Psicológica de Crianças e Adolescentes (LAPcriad). Supervisora de estágio profissionalizante no Serviço de Psicologia Aplicada (SPA/PUC-Rio). Bolsista Produtividade CNPq Nível 2; Bolsista Jovem Cientista do Nosso Estado FAPERJ. Fundadora e sócia-proprietária da Khipu Soluções em Psicologia. Tem mestrado em Psicologia Clínica pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), doutorado e pós-doutorado em Psicologia pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). Experiência de estágio de doutorado no Grupo di Ricerca P.A.T. Psicometria Assessment e Testistica (Università di Bologna, Itália). Áreas de interesse: avaliação psicológica; construção, adaptação e validação de instrumentos psicológicos; avaliação de problemas emocionais e comportamentais na infância; avaliação de indicadores de saúde mental ao longo do ciclo vital, saúde e desenvolvimento humano, metodologia de pesquisa em psicologia

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2018-08-24

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Borsa, J. C., & DeSousa, D. A. (2018). Measurement invariance and evidence of external validity of the Peer Aggressive Behavior Scale (PAB-S). Psico, 49(2), 178–186. https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-8623.2018.2.27433

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