Evidências de validade e precisão da escala de atitudes frente à Polícia
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Atitudes frente à Polícia, Validade, PrecisãoAbstract
Numa sociedade repleta de crimes, é fundamental uma Polícia atuante, assim como pesquisas sobre as atitudes frentea esta instituição. No entanto, pouco se encontrou no contexto da psicologia nacional sobre a construção e validaçãode uma escala de atitudes diante da Polícia. Neste artigo se propõe tal medida para suprir esta lacuna. Os principaisresultados foram obtidos por meio da análise fatorial confirmatória, que corroborou a estrutura unifatorial da medida,que era prevista. O coeficiente de confiabilidade (alfa de Cronbach) demonstrou elevada precisão da medida. Não severificaram, ademais, efeitos do sexo nas atitudes em relação à Polícia, controlando-se a idade. As evidências favoráveisde validade e precisão desta medida são discutidas.Downloads
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