Fabian Javier Marin Rueda

Universidade São Francisco · Department of psychology

O Desenho da Figura Humana é um instrumento que avalia a inteligência e está intimamente associado ao desempenho escolar. Critérios breves de correção possibilitariam prever possíveis dificuldades de aprendizagem ainda no início da escolarização. Assim, objetivou-se verificar se com um número pequeno de indicadores seria possível obter uma medida d...

O teste de Bender avalia a maturidade perceptomotora de crianças a partir da cópia de desenhos. Atualmente no Brasil, o único sistema favorável para correção deste teste é o Sistema de Pontuação Gradual/B-SPG, que considera os erros a partir das distorções da forma. Devido à sua contribuição para a compreensão das dificuldades nas habilidades perce...

Authentic Leadership Measures has focused on hetero-reported model scales, making it difficult to assess leaders in some organizational processes. The Authentic Leader Assessment Scale (EALA in Portuguese) was developed and validated in a situational judgment test format, aiming to solve this problem; but it is still lacking investigation of reliab...

Background the Bender test, developed by Lauretta Bender, is intended to evaluate children’s perceptual maturity. Because the instrument lacks a standardized correction system, other researchers have designed different systems for this purpose at distinct periods. Objective: for the present research, we reviewed articles that included the Bender te...

Quality of working life (QWL) and work engagement (WE) have been shown to be important in achieving caree9r results, although little studied in transition contexts. This study had two objectives: 1) to verify the existence of differences in the perception of QWL WE between individuals who have or have not gone through a career transition; 2) to inv...

O objetivo deste estudo foi descrever a construção e os estudos psicométricos iniciais de uma escala para avaliar o comportamento antissocial. Foram realizados estudos de avaliação de itens por juízes, estudo piloto para verificar a interpretabilidade dos itens e posteriormente os estudos psicométricos com 600 pessoas dos estados do Piauí, São Paul...

Investigou-se sistemas cognitivos do Desenho da Figura Humana (DFH) mais utilizados no âmbito internacional e nacional, e realizou análise qualitativa. A busca foi feita no Periódicos CAPES, SciELO, Redalyc e Pepsic. A partir dos critérios de seleção, foram analisados 33 artigos que permitiram a identificação do sistema Goodenough-Harris, como o ma...

This study describes the development and the search for initial validity evidence (content and internal structure) of the Authentic Leadership Rating Scale (ALRS), a situational judgment test. The initial scale consisted of 16 items presenting challenges in leadership situations. It was evaluated by ten specialists, after which 13 items obtained Fl...

The EsAvI is a multidimensional scale developed in Brazil to assess impulsivity through four factors, named lack of concentration and persistence, cognitive control, future planning and audacity and temerity. The main purpose was verifying the quality of psychometric properties of this scale considering an item-level analysis, the item response the...

The objective of the study was to verify if the organizational climate and depressive symptomatology predict organizational support, as well as to perform complementary analyzes considering sociodemographic variables. Participants were 510 individuals who had a professional activity for at least six months, and who answered the Labor Support Scale...

The acquisition of new knowledge depends on the interaction of diverse ability that can facilitate the cognitive processes that underlie learning. The aim of this paper is to verify the relationship between perceptive-motor maturity and planning, visual perception, immediate memory, and non-verbal intelligence, as well as how age and perceptive-mot...

This study sought evidence of content and criteria validity for the screening version of the Bender - Gradual Scoring System. For this, 693 children of both sexes, between 6 and 10 years of age (M = 8.42; SD = 1.38), reproduced three figures. The results indicated that Figure 3 had a greater level of difficulty, with a greater level of perceptive-m...

A Liderança Autêntica (LA) é caracterizada como um estilo de liderança sob o qual o líder não apenas se preocupa com os resultados organizacionais, mas também com promover capacidades psicológicas positivas e o desenvolvimento das potencialidades de seus seguidores, ao mesmo tempo em que promove um clima positivo de ética e toma decisões com base e...

Authentic leadership has been prominent in research of organizational behavior since the beginning of this century. This study aimed to investigate the congruence between the theory of authentic leadership, in the form as condensed by some scholars of the area, and the discourse of the contemporary Brazilian leader. Ten professionals with experienc...

We consider that reading comprehension is a fundamental skill in the school context, this study aims to examine the relations between it and the metallinguistic abilities - morphological awareness and metatextual awareness. Secondly, it was intended to explore possible differences of the constructs in the variables gender and school year. A total o...

The Bender Gradual Scoring System (B-GSS) is one of the main systems of visual-motor assessment used in Brazil. Studies, however, seldom address samples with atypical development. This study tested the psychometric properties of the B-GSS items in a sample of individuals with typical development (Group A; n = 198; aged between seven and 10 years ol...

This study aimed to find validity evidence for the WISC-IV through the relationship with external variables, analyzing possible associations between the factor indexes of the WISC-IV and a Cloze test that assesses reading comprehension. We evaluated 150 children ages 6-14 years, from the 1st to the 9th grade level. The statistical technique of stru...

A Liderança Autêntica (LA) tem atraído a atenção de profissionais da academia e da prática organizacional desde o início deste século. Este estudo teve por objetivo realizar uma revisão da literatura publicada entre 2011 e 2016, visando a avaliar o estágio de evolução do construto LA. Foram analisados 106 artigos de autoria de estudiosos de todos o...

Self-efficacy is associated with the perception of the ability of individuals to plan and perform certain tasks. In the employment context this construct when perceived positively, has proven to be an important factor to be related to the engagement at work and motivation. The objective of this study was to conduct a systematic review of literature...

Esta pesquisa teve como objetivo relacionar o Teste de Atenção Concentrada (TEACO-FF) e o Teste de Atenção Dividida (AD). Participaram 76 estudantes universitários de uma instituição particular do Estado de Sergipe, com idade média de 22,49 anos (DP = 4,53). As mulheres representaram 84,2% da amostra. Os instrumentos foram aplicados de forma coleti...

Esta pesquisa teve como objetivo relacionar o Teste de Atenção Concentrada (TEACO-FF) e o Teste de Atenção Dividida (AD). Participaram 76 estudantes universitários de uma instituição particular do Estado de Sergipe, com idade média de 22,49 anos (DP = 4,53). As mulheres representaram 84,2% da amostra. Os instrumentos foram aplicados de forma coleti...

O estudo sobre a formação do psicólogo na área de Avaliação Psicológica no Brasil é o tema dessa investigação. Essa pesquisa visou analisar a importância e o domínio que estudantes de Psicologia, doscinco anos do curso, atribuíram aos conteúdos relacionados à Avaliação Psicológica. Participaram 257 jovens, com média de idade de 22,9 anos, sendo 78,...

O estudo sobre a formação do psicólogo na área de Avaliação Psicológica no Brasil é o tema dessa investigação. Essa pesquisa visou analisar a importância e o domínio que estudantes de Psicologia, doscinco anos do curso, atribuíram aos conteúdos relacionados à Avaliação Psicológica. Participaram 257 jovens, com média de idade de 22,9 anos, sendo 78,...

O objetivo do estudo foi verificar evidência de validade para o Teste Gestáltico Visomotor de Bender em relação aos grupos extremos no Desenho da Figura Humana. Participaram 312 crianças de ambos os sexos, que cursavam de 1ª a 4ª série do Ensino Fundamental de uma escola pública do interior do Estado de São Paulo. Os teste foram aplicados de forma...

O objetivo da pesquisa foi verificar possíveis relações entre as emoções e o autocontrole. Para isso,aventaram-se duas hipóteses, quais sejam, um autocontrole elevado estaria associado a um controledas emoções negativas, enquanto um baixo autocontrole estaria associado às emoções positivas.Ainda, pensou-se na possibilidade do autocontrole relaciona...

O objetivo da pesquisa foi verificar possíveis relações entre as emoções e o autocontrole. Para isso, aventaram-se duas hipóteses, quais sejam, um autocontrole elevado estaria associado a um controle das emoções negativas, enquanto um baixo autocontrole estaria associado às emoções positivas. Ainda, pensou-se na possibilidade do autocontrole relaci...

Este estudio tuvo como objetivo investigar la existencia de sesgo relacionado a la deseabilidad social en una investigación sobre los valores organizacionales. Participaron del estudio 232 personas que fueron divididas en dos grupos. El grupo 1, con 147 personas, fue formado por profesionales invitados a participar de la investigación por las empre...

Quality of work life (QWL) is a topic studied globally due to its relevance for workers’ health and organizational results. This study investigated the effects of person-organization fit (POF) with regard to workers’ perceived and desired organizational values (OV) on QWL. The sample consisted of 213 Brazilians working in companies of different siz...

Este estudo objetivou verificar a percepção do suporte familiar e o autoconceito e buscar correlações entre os construtos em três grupos distintos.Participaram 157 crianças e adolescentes de 10 a 18 anos, sendo 68 acolhidos institucionalmente (G1), 58 alunos de escolas públicas (G2) e 31 adolescentes infratores (G3). Foram aplicados o Inventário de...

Linear and quadratic regression: Comparative analysis of effect on organizational behavior measures. This study presents comparative analysis of multiple linear regression model and quadratic regression. Organizational values (actual and desired) were used as independent variables and job satisfaction as the dependent variable. The sample consisted...

Este estudio tuvo como objetivo investigar la asociación entre intereses profesionales y valores de trabajo, y entre valores de trabajo y rasgos de personalidad. Participaron 281 universitarios, con edad media de 23.97 años, de los cursos de Administración, Psicología, Filosofía y Teología, del Estado de San Pablo, Brasil. Fueron aplicados tres ins...

El objetivo fue analizar la estructura interna de la versión brasileña del WISC-IV, comparando el modelo de puntuaciones compuestas y cuatro dominios, constante en el manual del WISC-IV, con otros dos modelos, el de un factor general de la inteligencia y un modelo con base en la teoría CHC. Participaron 795 niños y adolescentes de diferentes region...

O objetivo foi investigar evidencias de validade entre o PMK e a Escala de Tendencia a Agressividade (EATA) e a Escala de Avaliacao de Impulsividade (EsAvI) e entre o PMK e o Palografico. A amostra foi composta por 300 sujeitos de 18 a 61 anos e de ambos os sexos. Todos os participantes foram submetidos ao PMK e ao Palografico, e destes, 110 se sub...

This study aimed to find evidence for the validity of Organizational Values Inventory (IVO) based on its relationships with other variables. In order to find them, the Job Satisfaction Scale (EST) and the Scale for Assessment of Quality of Work Life (Escala-QVT) were used. The study included 213 people, from several Brazilian states, of both sexes...

The aim was to relate the personality traits with the impulsivity, studying evidence of convergent-discriminant validity for Bateria Fatorial de Personalidade (BFP) and Escala de Avaliacao da Impulsividade (EsAvI). Participated 178 soldiers of the Military Police of Minas Gerais, Brazil. In the results, it was used the regression analysis by stepwi...

Resumo: O B-SPG foi proposto como um sistema de correcao para o Teste Bender, em 2005. O objetivo deste estudo foi verificar se, com um conjunto menor de figuras, e possivel chegar a uma medida da avaliacao da habilidade perceptomotora equivalente a proposta original desse sistema. Participaram 787 criancas, com idades entre 6 e 10 anos (M = 8,18;...

The aim was to relate the personality traits with the impulsivity, studying evidence of convergent-discriminant validity for Bateria Fatorial de Personalidade (BFP) and Escala de Avaliação da Impulsividade (EsAvI). Participated 178 soldiers of the Military Police of Minas Gerais, Brazil. In the results, it was used the regression analysis by stepwi...

The present study aimed to find validity evidence for the Workplace Bullying Scale (ELAM), through its correlation with the Quality of Work Life Scale (QVT). The participants were 338 employees of several organizations from the state of Sergipe in Brazil, aged between 18 and 61 years. Of the total, 56.5% (191) were women. Negative correlations of l...

The present study verified the performance as the B-SPG relates to performance in writing, searching for convergent validity between the instruments used and any differences between participants with respect to age and school year. Participated 199 children 7-10 years (M = 8.46, SD = 1.15) from the second to fifth year of elementary school, in the...

The present research evaluated the performance of samples from four Brazilian states in test Bender-Gradual Scoring System. Participants were 1,148 children, of both genders, ages ranging from 6 to 10 years old (M = 8.09; SD = 1.36), from the states of Minas Gerais (26.0%), Paraiba (18.6%), Piaui (24.0%) and São Paulo (31.4%). Results showed that t...

Introdução: Em contextos em que os contatos interpessoais são intensos, os profissionais estão sujeitos a diversas situações de estresse. A síndrome de burnout advém do contato com estressores interpessoais crônicos provenientes do ambiente de trabalho, e seu desenvolvimento é influenciado por alguns aspectos, entre eles, os socioambientais. Objeti...

This research aims to present the process of construction of the Labor Scale of Moral Harassment (ELAM), and the first steps of its internal structure and reliability findings. Participants were 687 workers aged between 18 and 71 years, most were females from the states of Sergipe and São Paulo, Brazil. Through exploratory factor analysis. ELAM was...

A presente pesquisa teve por objetivo apresentar o processo de construção da Escala Laboral de Assédio Moral (ELAM), seu estudo fatorial e apresentar seus índices de confiabilidade. Participaram do estudo 687 trabalhadores com idades variando entre 18 e 71 anos, sendo a maior parte do sexo feminino, provenientes dos estados de Sergipe e São Paulo....

The aim of this study were to analyze the internal structure of the Job Satisfaction Scale ([JSS]; 25-items and 15-items versions) using the confirmatory factorial analysis (CFA). 633 workers of commercial, industrial, services provision and third sectors organizations, both genders, with ages varying between 20 and 63 years old. The JSS were appli...

The study intended to assess the relationship between quality of life at work and job satisfaction. Data were collected using the Escala de Avaliação da Qualidade de Vida no Trabalho (QVT Scale) and the Escala de Satisfação no Trabalho (EST) in a sample of 241 subjects, of both sexes, aged between 18 and 63 years. Results showed significant positiv...

Resumen Este estudio tuvo como objetivo investigar la estructura interna del State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-T) en una muestra de deportistas de Brasil. Participaron 179 sujetos que practicaban cinco deportes diferentes, con edades entre 14 y 58 años (M=21,04; DT=4,21). El inventario evalúa la ansiedad como estado y como rasgo, pero en este est...

In this study, the relation of age and sex with visuospatial reasoning assessed by the Cube Test was investigated. In addition, a comparative study was conducted between this study sample and the normative group of the test with regard to visuospatial reasoning performance results. Six hundred and eighty-four students participated in this study, fr...

This study evaluates the relationships between the constructs quality of life at work and trust in the organization. The study included 264 workers, who answered two psychometric instruments: the Rating Scale of Quality of Life at Work - QWL-Scale (Rueda, 2013) and the Scale of Employee Confidence in the Organization - ECEO (Oliveira & Tamayo, 2008...

O objetivo do trabalho foi verificar a estrutura interna do Teste de Inteligência –TI, por meio da Análise Fatorial Exploratória – AFE e Confirmatória – AFC. A amostra para a pesquisa se constituiu em 2.163 sujeitos, sendo 1.013 para o estudo da AFE e 1150 para a AFC. Em ambos os casos os sujeitos foram maiores de 18 anos, de ambos os sexos, e com...

AIMS: To evaluate the correlation between leisure and quality of life and to investigate differences between elderly and adults aged between 50 and 59 years. METHODS: The study included subjects of both genders, attendees of a community center for the elderly in a municipality in the state of Sao Paulo. The instruments Word Health Organization Qual...

This is a transcultural study of a sample of Peruvian and Brazilian children using the Bender-Gradual Scoring System (B-SPG), which considers shape distortion as the only aspect to be analyzed, assuming that perceptual-motor maturity is independent of cultural context. The study verified that the scoring system has psychometric qualities such that...

Este estudio analiz?? la literatura existente sobre soporte social en la base de datos ebsco, Academic Search de 2001 a 2011. Para alcanzar ese objetivo se hizo una b??squeda por los art??culos que presentaran las palabras social support y scale en el resumen. La muestra estuvo compuesta por 107 registros. Se verific?? que existieran oscilaciones e...

El estudio tuvo como objetivo correlacionar instrumentos destinados a la evaluación de los constructos clima organizacional, apoyo laboral y salud organizacional, para establecer evidencias de validez para una escala de evaluación del clima organizacional, Escala de Avaliação do Clima Organizacional – CLIMOR (Rueda & Santos, 2011), por medio de la...

O objetivo da pesquisa foi contribuir com novas informações acerca das evidências de validade do Teste dos Cubos. Mais especificamente, analisaram-se as propriedades psicométricas dos itens por meio da Teoria de Resposta ao Item, e a estrutura do teste utilizando a Análise Fatorial Confirmatória. A amostra foi composta por 684 sujeitos, com idade m...

This study aimed to establish evidence of convergent validity through the analysis of the association between the Bender Visual-Motor Gestalt Test -Gradual Scoring System (B-SPG, for its Spanish acronym), the Human Figure Drawing Test - Sistos Scale (DFH for its Spanish acronym) and the Colorful Ravens Progressive Matrices (CPM).The participants in...

This study sought evidences of validity for the Test of Cubes in the assessment of visuospatial reasoning based on the variables of professional interest and choice of course. A sample of 684 high school or college students, with the ages ranged from 15 to 57 years old (M = 21.03, SD = 5.94) and 50.3% women. The tests used were the Test of Cubes fo...

This study aimed to establish evidence of convergent validity through the analysis of the association between the Bender Visual-Motor Gestalt Test -Gradual Scoring System (B-SPG, for its Spanish acronym), the Human Figure Drawing Test - Sisto's Scale (DFH for its Spanish acronym) and the Colorful Raven's Progressive Matrices (CPM).The participants...

The aim in this study was to analyze differences between children’s performances on the Bender – Sistema de Pontuação Gradual (B-SPG) [Gradual Scoring System] in the states of Minas Gerais and Paraíba, and to compare them with the results presented in the test manual. The participants were 511 children, both sexes, aged 6-10 years ( M = 8.21, SD =...

The aim of the study was to search for evidence of validity for the test of intelligence (TI) based on relation to variables of age and sex. The study included 560 people from 18 to 67 years old (M = 26.26, SD = 8.62), in which 358 were men (63.9%). The results showed no significant differences in performance between men and women, namely, the TI p...

The aim of the study was to develop a scale to assess the Quality of Working Life. In this sense validity study was conducted based on the analysis of the internal structure, as well as internal consistency analysis. 248 employees participated, aged 18-63 year-old (M\ SD), with 80.2% female. In analyzing the results, after checking the factorabilit...

This study aimed to analyze the attentional performance at different periods of life. The participants consisted of 1.759 people, of both sexes, and ages ranging from 6 to 82 years old. The instrument used was the Psychological Battery for Attention Assessment (BPA), composed of the tests of Concentrated Attention, Divided Attention and Alternate A...

p style="text-align: justify;">El objetivo del estudio fue construir y buscar evidencias de validez con base en el análisis de la estructura interna de una escala para evaluar el clima organizacional, así como también analizar su consistencia interna. Participaron 1412 trabajadores con edades entre 18 y 65 años, provenientes de universidades y de e...

The purpose was to verify the psychometric qualities of the Memory Test of Recognition (TEM-R). In a first moment an initial version of the TEM-R was applied at 137 college students. It was found that from the 64 initial items, 15 did not show any frequency response. Based on this it was proceeded a reconfiguration of the instrument, fixing the num...

Resumo Este estudo tem por objetivo a busca de evidências de validade convergente e de validade baseada na comparação com construtos relacionados para o Teste de Inteligência (TI), respectivamente pela correlação deste último com o Teste de Não-Verbal de Inteligência (R1) e o Teste de Atenção Concentrada (AC). Participaram do estudo 484 candidatos...

The aim of the study was the construction and search for evidences of validity based on the analysis of the internal structure of a scale to assess the organizational climate, as well to analyze its internal consistency. 1412 workers participated, aged between 18 and 65 years, from institutions of higher education and midsize businesses. To analyze...

This study aimed to analyze the relationship between job satisfaction and the organizational climates using scales elaborated and validated in Brazil, and also to explore differences in the scores of the scale Clima Organizacional no Trabalho (CLIMOR) by comparing groups with high and low scores on the Escala de Satisfação no Trabalho (EST). The pa...

This article aimed at seeking evidence of convergent validity for the BPA - Bateria Psicológica para Avaliação da Atenção, which evaluates focused, divided and alternating attention. In order to do that, the BPA was administered with Teste de Atenção Concentrada (TEACO-FF), Teste de Atenção Dividida (TEADI) and Teste de Atenção Alternada (TEALT) to...

RESUMO Com a disseminação das tecnologias digitais da informação e comunicação (TDIC), o computador e outras tecnologias digitais passaram a ser utilizados em diversos contextos, inclusive nas escolas, constando-se, desse modo, a necessidade de avaliação do desempenho de professores quanto à utilização de TDIC. Nesse contexto, o presente estudo ver...

This study aimed at verifying the associations between social support, family support and self-concept in a group of men and women. In the male group there were negative correlations between family support and the factors negligence, aggression and indifference of the instrument of self-concept. In the female group, the total family support was pos...

The objective of the present study were to investigate the goodness of fit of a Cloze test to the Rasch Model, as well as to evaluate the item difficulty in relation to gender (DIF). The sample was composed of 1022 college students of the São Paulo and Minas Gerais States, Brazil. The cloze test was applied collectively. The analysis of the instrum...

O objetivo deste trabalho foi buscar evidência de validade convergente para a Bateria Psicológica para Avaliação da Atenção (BPA), que avalia os tipos de atenção concentrada, dividida e alternada. Para isso, a BPA foi aplicada junto ao Teste de Atenção Concentrada (TEACO-FF), ao Teste de Atenção Dividida (TEADI) e ao Teste de Atenção Alternada (TEA...

The objective of this study was to investigate the adjustment of the cloze testing to the Rasch model and verify difficulties in response to the item related to gender (DIF). The sample consisted of 231 students from 2nd to 4th grade Primary Education. Data was collected by means of Cloze test which was collectively administered. The instrument was...

The objectives of the present study were to investigate the adaptation of a Cloze test to the Rasch Model as well as to evaluate the Differential Item Functioning (DIF) in relation to gender. The sample was composed by 573 students from 5th to 8th grades of public schools in the state of São Paulo. The cloze test was applied collectively. The analy...

This study aimed to describe the construction and initial psychometric studies of a Impulsivity Assessment Scale. For that three studies were performed with three different samples of students from a public safety technical course at Minas Gerais State. In all cases, the internal structure analysis revealed the existence of four factors. The names...

Literature points to incremental performance in attention up until young adulthood, followed by significant losses arising from the aging process. In this context, the aim of this research was to ascertain proof of validity based on the age variable for the Divided Attention Test, based on the hypothesis that an increase in age would correspond to...

O objetivo do estudo foi procurar evidência de validade desenvolvimental para o Teste de Memória de Reconhecimento – TEM-R. Participaram da pesquisa 464 estudantes universitários de uma instituição particular do estado de Sergipe, de ambos os sexos, e com idade variando entre 17 e 53 anos (M=23,53, DP=6,49). O instrumento foi aplicado coletivamente...

The purpose of the research was to investigate evidence of validity for the Escala de Suporte Laboral (ESUL) through correlation with the Escala de Satisfação no Trabalho (EST). To that 178 workers participated in the state of Sao Paulo, of which most were also students, and the rest were workers of a metallurgical industry. The results showed sign...

The objective of the study was to search for evidences of convergent construct validity for the Test of Divided Attention (TEADI) by the correlation with the Tests of Divided Attention and Sustained Attention (AD and AS). 105 college students of a private institution of the state of Sergipe had participated of the research, from 18 to 53 years (M=2...

RESUMENEste estudio ha investigado las relaciones entre el autocontrol y el autoconcepto en 1213 niños, de ambos sexos, de 2ºa 8º grado de una escuela pública, con edades variando de 8 a 14 años. Han sido aplicadas las Escalas Feminina eMasculina de Autocontrole y la Escala de Autoconceito Infanto-Juvenil. Han sido observadas correlaciones positiva...

The objective of the study was to verify evidence of validity for the Alternating Attention Test – TEALT based on the variable age. For this it was verified if the capacity to alternate attention would diminish with the coming of age. 798 individuals from Bahia and Sergipe states participated in the research, being 442 (55.4%) from Bahia and 356 (4...

This work aimed at searching for validity evidences based on the relation with external variables to Escala de Suporte Laboral (ESUL). 175 workers, undergraduates, both genders, were participants. For data collection, besides ESUL, the Escala de Identificação Organizacional was used. As results, positive and significant correlations were found betw...

The relationships between the self-control and self-concept were studied among 8-to-14-years-old 1213 children of both sexes, attending the second to eighth grade of a public school. The tests administered were the Escalas Feminina e Masculina de Autocontrole and the Escala de Autoconceito Infanto-Juvenil. The results showed positive and significan...

The objective of the study was to search for evidences of convergent construct validity for the Test of Divided Attention (TEADI) by the correlation with the Tests of Divided Attention and Sustained Attention (AD and AS). 105 college students of a private institution of the state of Sergipe had participated of the research, from 18 to 53 years (M=2...

The scientific literature suggests a relationship between attention and intelligence constructs, being both studied in different contexts. In this study, we chose to investigate this relationship in the traffic context. Thus, the objective was to determine the relationship between divided attention- assessed by the Divided Attention Test (TEADI)-,...

The response process of The Teste Pictórico de Memória (TEPIC-M) classified the items into three sequential categories (sky, land and water). So, it was hypothesized that the day-by-day familiarity with the sea by the people (Aracaju-group A) could ease their recovering of item of water grouping, when comparing with people that who not have that da...

Psychological tests construction need specifics knowledges, little studied in the courses of formation in psychology in Brazil, then, this study investigated the structure and the internal consistency of an instrument that evaluate the 'importance' and 'knowledge' of students' of psychology regarding activities of psychological assessment. 197 univ...

The study analyzed the scientific production of the Revista Brasileira de Orientação Profissional since its creation, in 2003, until 2008. Twelve issues and 81 papers were analyzed, according to the following criteria: quantity of articles published by issue, distribution of the production by origin, individual or multiple authorship, authors’ sex,...

This research aimed at verifying validity evidences to Teste de Atenção Concentrada (Teaco-FF), related to Teste Pictórico de Memória (Tepic-M). 207 people from Aracaju participated, so that 118 were students from a private university and 89 went through a renovation process, changed or first obtained their driver’s license. Age ranged from 18 to 5...

This study aimed to investigate the relationship between the performance in the Test RIn, which measures fluid intelligence (g factor), and the age variable. The test was administered to 1102 participants, with mean age of 18,99 years (SD=6,06), from the states of São Paulo and Minas Gerais. The first analysis of variance showed no correlation betw...

The present study investigated the scientific production of the journal Avaliação Psicológica, between the years of 2002 and 2007. 12 issues were considered, in which 100 articles were analyzed based in the following criteria: amount of articles published per year, type of research, region of origin, nature of authorship, authors' gender, type of w...