Estudo das qualidades psicométricas da versão portuguesa do Avoidance and Fusion Questionnaire for Youth (AFQ-Y)
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A expansão gradual das abordagens baseadas no mindfulness e aceitação em crianças e adolescentes implica necessariamente o desenvolvimento de novos instrumentos de medida que avaliem processos centrais de mudança neste tipo de abordagens. O Avoidance and Fusion Questionnaire for Youth (Greco, Lambert, & Baer 2008) avalia a inflexibilidade psicológica medida pela fusão cognitiva e evitamento experiencial. O presente estudo examina as propriedades psicométricas da versão portuguesa deste questionário. A amostra consiste em 461 adolescentes, com idades compreendidas entre os 12 e os 18 anos, a frequentar o ensino básico e secundário de escolas em meio rural e urbano. Para além do AFQ-Y, os jovens preencheram também outras medidas de sintomas psicopatológicos, de percepção do seu autoconceito social e de aceitação/mindfulness; nomeadamente, o Inventário Depressivo para Crianças (CDI; Kovacs, 1985), a Escala Revista de Ansiedade Manifesta para Crianças (RCMAS; Reynolds & Richmond, 1978), a Escala de Comparação Social (SCS; Allan & Gilbert, 1995), e a Medida de Mindfulness para Crianças e Adolescentes (CAMM; Greco, Smith, & Baer, 2011). Os resultados mostram que o questionário possui uma boa consistência interna, uma adequada estabilidade temporal, uma estrutura de um único factor e correlações na direcção esperada com outras variáveis em estudo. A idade e a escolaridade foram as únicas variáveis demográficas que mostraram um efeito significativo, evidenciando os adolescentes mais novos (e menos escolarizados), menor flexibilidade psicológica. Não obstante algumas limitações deste estudo, os resultados sugerem que o AFQ-Y tem adequabilidade psicométrica, podendo assim ser útil na avaliação da inflexibilidade psicológica em adolescentes.
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Evidence was found regarding AFQ-Y construct validity in relation to measures of acceptance/mindfulness, depressive and anxious symptoms, and social comparison.
“Evidence was found regarding AFQ-Y construct validity in relation to measures of acceptance/ mindfulness, depressive and anxious symptoms, and social comparison (Cunha & Santos, 2011).”
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The Portuguese version of the AFQ-Y achieved a unidimensional structure, good internal consistency (α = 0.82), and moderate temporal stability.
“The Portuguese version of the AFQ-Y also achieved a unidimensional structure. It demonstrated a good internal consistency, with a Cronbach’s alpha value of 0.82 and a moderate temporal stability.”
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- Authors
- Cunha, M., & Santos, A. M.
- Affiliations
- Instituto Superior Miguel Torga (PT)
- ORCID
- Cunha, Marina
- Venue
- Laboratório de Psicologia
- Publisher
- ISPA - Instituto Universitario
- Published
- 2013-03-24
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 2
- ISSN
- 1645-7927 (ISSN-L)
- 1646-6004
- OpenAlex
- W1977861927
- Cited by
- 13
- References
- 14
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 2 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 2
- FWCI
- 0.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- pt
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Laboratório de Psicologia (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
- Keywords
- psychological inflexibility, cognitive fusion, experiential avoidance, mindfulness, acceptance, adolescents, psychometric properties, Portuguese adaptation, social self-concept, social comparison, anxiety
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