Abstract

COELHO JUNIOR, Francisco Antonio et al. Evidence of the validity and accuracy of the Brazilian social attitude of students scale towards politics. Act.Colom.Psicol. [online]. 2018, vol.21, n.2, pp.156-187. ISSN 0123-9155.  https://doi.org/10.14718/acp.2018.21.2.8.

The objective of this study was to present the validity and reliability evidences of a Brazilian scale to measure the political attitudes of Brazilian higher education students regarding their political behavior. The study had a nationwide sample (N = 445), with Brazilian students from different states. The results indicated a sustainable empirical structure (KMO = 0.81), with psychometric indicators considered adequate to the measurement of political attitudes. Three empirical factors were identified: degree of political knowledge (15 items, factorial loads between 0.31 and 0.82, alpha = 0.82, eigenvalue = 5.07 and explained variance = 18.78%), feelings about politics (7 items, factorial loads between 0.41 and 0.58, alpha = 0.72, eigenvalue = 3.17 and explained variance = 11.73%) and intentions of political behavior (2 items, factorial loads between 0, 70 and 0.72, alpha = 0.80, eigenvalue = 1.8 and explained variance = 6.8%). It is concluded that the results strengthen the original factorial structure of the scale and show its utility for the identification of social attitudes regarding political behaviors.

Keywords : political psychology; political behavior; evidence of validity; political attitudes.

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