Subjective Vitality Scale ”“ SVS:
Evidences of its Psychometric Adequacy
Keywords:
Vitality, Vigor, Well-being, ValidityAbstract
This paper presents empirical evidence of the psychometric adequacy of the Subjective Vitality Scale (SVS), based on three studies. In Study 1, 200 undergraduate students responded the SVS. The SVS showed a unidimensional factor structure (a = .73). In Study 2, another 200 undergraduate students answered the same instrument. A confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) confirmed the factor structure of Study 1, although item 2 was inadequate. Another CFA was realized without this item. Results were better than those considering all items (a = .75). Study 3 replicated these results with 200 elementary school teachers, and investigated the convergent validity of the SVS with satisfaction with life. It can be concluded that the SVS showed sufficient psychometric adequacy to support its use.
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programming for confirmatory factor analytic models. New
York: Springer-Verlag.
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in cross-cultural research: Issues and techniques. Journal of
Advanced Nursing, 58, 386-395.
Chaves, S. S. S., & Fonsêca, P. N. (2006). Trabalho docente: Que
aspectos sociodemográficos e ocupacionais predizem o bemestar
subjetivo? Psico-PUCRS,37, 75-81.
Cheung, G. W., & Rensvold, R. B. (2002). Evaluating goodnessof-
fit indexes for testing measurement invariance. Structural
Equation Modeling, 9, 233-255.
Clark, L. A., & Watson, D. (1995). Constructing validity: Basic
issues in objective scale development. Psychological
Assessment, 7, 309-319.
Diener, E., Emmons, R. A., Larsen, R. J., & Griffin, S. (1985).
The Satisfaction With Life Scale. Journal of Personality
Assessment, 49, 71”“75.
Fonsêca, P. N., Chaves, S. S. S., & Gouveia, V. V. (2006). Professores
do ensino fundamental e bem-estar subjetivo: Uma explicação
baseada em valores. Psico-USF, 11, 45-52.
Garson, G. D. (2003). PA 765 Statnotes: An online textbook.
Retrieved from http://www2.chass.ncsu.edu/garson/pa765/
statnote.htm.
Google Acadêmico (2008). Escala de Vitalidade Subjetiva /
Subjective Vitality Scale. Retrieved from http://scholar.
google.com.br/scholar?hl=pt-BR&lr=&q=escala+de+
vitalidade+subjetiva&lr=.
Gorsuch, R. L. (1983). Factor analysis. Hillsdale: Lawrence
Erlbaum.
Gouveia, V. V., Chaves, S. S. S., Oliveira, I. C. P., Dias, M. R.,
Gouveia, R. S. V., & Andrade, P. R. (2003). A utilização
do QSG-12 na população geral: Estudo de sua validade de
construto. Psicologia: Teoria e Pesquisa, 19, 241-248.
Gouveia, V. V., Milfont, T. L., Fonseca, P. N., & Coelho, J. A. P.
M. (2009). Life satisfaction in Brazil: Testing of psychometric
properties of the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) in five
Brazilian samples. Social Indicators Research, 90, 267-278.
Hayton, J. C., Allen, D. G., & Scarpello, V. (2004). Factor retention
decisions in exploratory factor analysis: A tutorial on parallel
analysis. Organizational Research Methods, 7, 191-205.
John, D., & MacArthur, C. T. (1997). Vitality and vigor. Retrieved
from http://www.macses.ucsf.edu/Research/Psychosocial/
notebook/vitality.html
John, L. H. (2004). Subjective well-being in a multicultural urban
population: Structural, and multivariate analyses of the Ontario
Health Survey Well-being Scale. Social Indicators Research,
68, 107-126.
Kasser, T., & Ahuvia, A. (2002). Materialistic values and well-being
in business students. European Journal of Social Psychology,
32, 137-146.
Kelloway, E. K. (1998). Using LISREL for structural equation
modeling: A researcher’s guide. Thousand Oaks: Sage
Publications.
Laros, J. A. (2005). O uso da análise fatorial: Algumas diretrizes
para pesquisadores. In L. Pasquali (Ed.), Análise fatorial para
pesquisadores (pp. 163-184). Brasília, DF: LabPAM.
McNair, D. M., Loor, M., & Droppleman, L. F. (1971). Manual
for the profile of mood states. San Diego, California: EdiTs /
Educational and Industrial Testing Service.
Nix, G. A., Ryan, R. M., Manly, J. B., & Deci, E. L. (1999).
Revitalization through self-regulation: The effects of
autonomous and controlled motivation on happiness and
vitality. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 35,
266-284.
Nunnally, J. C. (1991). Teoría psicométrica. México, DF: Trillas.
Paschoal, T,. & Tamayo, A. (2008). Construção e validação da
Escala de Bem-estar no Trabalho. Avaliação Psicológica, 7,
11-22.
Pasquali, L. (2003). Psicometria: Teoria dos testes na psicologia e
na educação. Petrópolis, RJ: Vozes.
Ryan, R. M., & Frederick, C. M. (1997). On energy, personality and
health: Subjective vitality as a dynamic reflection of well-being.
Journal of Personality, 65, 529-565.
Schreisheim, C. A., & Eisenbach, R. J. (1996). The exploratory
and confirmatory factor-analytic investigation of item wording
effects on the obtained factor structures of survey questionnaire
measures. Journal of Management, 2, 1177”“1193.
Schriesheim, C. A., Eisenbach, R. J., & Hill, K. D. (1991). The
effects of negation and polar opposites on questionnaire
reliability and validity: An experimental investigation.
Education and Psychological Measurement, 51, 67”“78.
Tabachnick, B. G., & Fidell, L. S. (1996). Using multivariate
statistics. Needham Heights: Allyn & Bacon.
Teixeira, A. C. P., Fonseca, A. R., & Maximo, I. M. N. S. (2002).
Inventário SF36: Avaliação da qualidade de vida dos alunos
do curso de psicologia do Centro UNISAL ”“ U.E. Lorena
(SP). PSIC ”“ Revista de Psicologia da Editora Vetor, 3, 16-27.
Thayer, R. E. (1987). Energy, tiredness, and tension effects as a
function of a sugar snack vs. moderate exercise. Journal of
Personality and Social Psychology, 52, 119-125.
van de Vijver, F. J. R., & Leung, K. (1997). Methods and data
analysis for cross-cultural research. Newbury Park: Sage.
Watkins, D. (1989). The role of confirmatory factor analysis in
cross-cultural research. International Journal of Psychology,
24, 685-701.
Ye, S. (2009). Factor structure of the General Health Questionnaire
(GHQ-12): The role of wording effects. Personality and
Individual Differences, 46, 197-201.
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2012-04-03
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Gouveia, V. V., Milfont, T. L., Gouveia, R. S. V., de Medeiros, E. D., Vione, K. C., & Soares, A. K. S. (2012). Subjective Vitality Scale ”“ SVS:: Evidences of its Psychometric Adequacy. Psicologia: Teoria E Pesquisa, 28(1), 05–13. Retrieved from https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/revistaptp/article/view/17547
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