Escala autoperceção da flexibilidade cognitiva (EFC): validação para o contexto brasileiro

Abstract

Gomes, Samantha Ravena Dias. (2023). Self-perception of cognitive flexibility scale (SFC): validation for the brazilian context. (Dissertation). Federal University of Delta do Parnaíba – UDPPar, Parnaíba, Piauí, Brazil.

The present study aimed to validate the instrument Self-perception of cognitive flexibility scale (SFC) in a sample of brazilian university students. The study consisted of the following steps: translation, back-translation, review by a committee of experts, pilot study and verification of psychometric parameters through two studies. Thus, in study 1, exploratory factor analysis was performed with a sample of 200 participants from a public institution aged between 18 and 35 years (M = 22,94; DP = 4,92) and in Study 2 confirmatory analysis of the data obtained from the sample of 200 participants from a private institution aged between 18 and 35 years (M = 20,84; DP = 5,68). SFC demonstrated an adequate structure for use in the brazilian context, with a bifactorial structure (factor 1: functional strategies dimension and factor 2: perception of situations dimension) and adequate general internal consistency indices (α = 0,80 and ω= 0,81). Results showed satisfactory fit indices, confirming the bifactor structure [CFI = 0,90, TLI = 0,88, RMSEA = 0,06] with factor loadings ranging from 0,383 to 0,752 in factor 1 and from 0,372 to 0,533 in factor 2, for a total of 10 items at the end of the analyses. It is considered that the proposed objectives of this study were achieved, offering a measure with evidence of validity and parsimoniousness, a fact that may enable its insertion in future studies that will contribute to advances in scientific knowledge related to instruments that assess cognitive flexibility.