Análise de Teoria de Resposta ao Item de um Instrumento Breve de Avaliação de Comportamentos Antissociais

Nelson Hauck Filho,Roberta Salvador-Silva,Marco Antônio Teixeira

doi:10.15448/1980-8623.2014.1.14501

Abstract

Antisocial behaviors co-occur with several psychopathological conditions, such as personality disorders (e.g., antisocial, narcissistic) and affective disorders (e.g., bipolar disorder). Nevertheless, up to now Brazilian researchers have dealt with an important methodological shortcoming, as we found no available brief instruments for assessing antisocial behaviors of non-prisoner Brazilian adult individuals. Therefore, the present study had the aim of constructing and performing Item Response Theory analyses of a brief self-report instrument designed for use with adult individuals from the Brazilian general population. Analyses of data collected from 204 undergraduate students (mean age = 23.56 years; SD = 7.70; 60.6% females) yielded a 13-item unidimensional instrument with excellent psychometric properties. Items provided information on a general factor that may be understood as a propensity toward antagonism, non-cooperation, and aggression in a great diversity of social contexts. We further discuss limitations of the study and make suggestions for future investigations.

Highlights

Item Response Theory Analysis of a Brief Instrument for Assessing Antisocial Behaviors Antisocial behaviors co-occur with several psychopathological conditions, such as personality disorders and affective disorders
Comportamentos antissociais são violações intencionais de normas implícitas ou explícitas que são relevantes para a cultura do indivíduo (Burt e Donnellan, 2008)
Esses comportamentos envolvem tanto aspectos sutis de falta de reciprocidade nas interações interpessoais quanto comportamentos de natureza agressiva, sendo explicados por múltiplas trajetórias desenvolvimentais (Frick e Viding, 2009)

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Introduction

Item Response Theory Analysis of a Brief Instrument for Assessing Antisocial Behaviors Antisocial behaviors co-occur with several psychopathological conditions, such as personality disorders (e.g., antisocial, narcissistic) and affective disorders (e.g., bipolar disorder). No que diz respeito à avaliação dos comportamentos antissociais, uma das estratégias cada vez mais empregadas na literatura são os instrumentos de autorrelato (Burt e Donnellan, 2009). O objetivo do presente estudo foi a construção e a análise psicométrica de um instrumento breve de autorrelato para a avaliação de comportamentos antissociais em indivíduos adultos e adultos jovens da população brasileira.

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