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Propriedades psicométricas iniciais do Acceptance and Action Questionnaire - II - versão brasileira
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O modelo de flexibilidade psicológica (FP) dispõe de evidências em diversos países, mas sua investigação no Brasil é limitada pela ausência de instrumentos adaptados. Esse estudo reúne evidências psicométricas de um instrumento de avaliação da FP, o Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-II, adaptado para o Brasil. Após tradução e adaptação, o instrumento foi respondido por 1.352 estudantes universitários, e parte da amostra também respondeu escalas de resiliência, saúde geral, depressão e ansiedade. Os resultados indicaram estrutura unidimensional e confiabilidade satisfatória. A FP dos homens foi superior à das mulheres e tendeu a aumentar de acordo com a idade. Também houve correlação positiva com resiliência e saúde geral, e negativa com depressão e ansiedade. As propriedades psicométricas foram satisfatórias, mas ainda devem ser avaliadas em amostras diversificadas. O instrumento parece adequado para uso tanto no estudo sobre mudança de comportamento quanto sobre mecanismos de mudança terapêutica.
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The previous exploratory study had methodological shortcomings: it only used EFA, did not use CFA, did not evaluate the fit of the unidimensional model, and did not provide internal consistency estimates according to recent standards.
“However, this study had some methodological shortcomings. For example, this study only used exploratory factorial analysis (EFA) and did not make use of confirmatory factorial analysis (CFA). Moreover, this paper did not evaluate the fit of the unidimensional model proposed and did not provide internal consistency estimates according to the most recent standards.”
From Experiential Avoidance in Primary Care Providers: Psychometric Properties of the Brazilian “Acceptance and Action Questionnaire” (AAQ-II) and Its Criterion Validity on Mood Disorder-Related Psychological Distress (2022) · cites this paper as [15]
The Data Analysis section describes exploratory factor analysis, and the Final Considerations say the unifactorial structure still needs confirmatory factor analysis; this supports the claims that CFA and confirmatory model-fit evaluation were not performed. However, the Results report an internal-consistency estimate, and the Discussion identifies Cronbach’s alpha as 0.87. The paper does not assess whether that estimate meets the citing authors’ ‘most recent standards.’ (LLM, conf=0.88)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredThe Brazilian version of the AAQ-II was translated and validated by Barbosa and Murta (2015), and demonstrated satisfactory reliability and suitability for use in this study.
“The Brazilian version of the tool was translated and validated by Barbosa and Murta (2015), and demonstrated satisfactory reliability and suitability for use in this study.”
From Psychological inflexibility as a predictor associated with insomnia (2024) · cites this paper as Barbosa and Murta (2015)
The AAQ-II has good reliability and validity in its English, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and Dutch versions.
“AAQ-II has good reliability and validity in its versions in English (Bond et al., 2011), Spanish (Ruiz et al., 2013), Brazilian Portuguese (Barbosa and Murta, 2015), and Dutch (Jacobs et al., 2008).”
From Internet-based self-administered intervention to reduce anxiety and depression symptomatology and improve well-being in 7 countries: protocol of a randomized control trial (2024) · cites this paper as Barbosa and Murta, 2015
The previous exploratory study that adapted a Portuguese version of the AAQ-II using Brazilian college students presented a unidimensional structure with promising psychometric properties.
“A previous exploratory study that adapted a Portuguese version of the AAQ-II, using a sample of Brazilian college students, presented a unidimensional structure of the AAQ-II with a general factor having promising psychometric properties [15].”
The external validity of the previous exploratory study was limited due to the sample being restricted to college students.
“The external validity of this study was also limited due to the sample being restricted to college students.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Barbosa, L. M., & Murta, S. G.
- Affiliations
- Universidade de Brasília (BR)
- Venue
- Psico-USF
- Publisher
- FapUNIFESP (SciELO)
- Published
- 2015-04
- Volume
- 20
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 75-85
- ISSN
- 1413-8271 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1599065482
- Cited by
- 24
- References
- 25
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1
- FWCI
- 0.41
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- pt
- Open access
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- Redalyc (Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México) (submittedVersion)
- LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Keywords
- Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-II, psychological flexibility, Brazilian adaptation, psychometric properties, cross-cultural adaptation, resilience, depression, anxiety, university students, gender differences, age differences
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