Escala Multidimensional de Satisfação de Vida para Crianças: Revisão e Normas

Abstract

Crianças (EMSVC) avalia a satisfação de vida em crianças entre sete e 12 anos de idade por meio de 50 itens distribuídos em seis dimensões. O objetivo deste estudo foi revisar as propriedades psicométricas da EMSVC e criar normas para a sua utilização. A amostra foi composta por 1181 crianças de sete a 13 anos de idade (M=10,43; DP=1,78) de dados oriundos de pesquisas realizadas no Rio Grande do Sul. Foi conduzida uma análise fatorial confirmatória para avaliar a qualidade de ajuste do modelo. A fidedignidade foi estimada por meio do alfa de Cronbach e ômega de McDonald. Os resultados indicaram que as alterações favoreceram a obtenção de bons índices de ajuste do modelo após a exclusão de 18 itens e retirada da dimensão Não Violência. Houve incremento na consistência interna das subescalas. Este estudo fornece normas percentílicas por sexo e ano escolar para uso clínico e em pesquisa. Palavras-chave: avaliação psicológica; crianças; satisfação de vida; validação de teste. ABSTRACT-Multidimensional Life Satisfaction Scale for Children: Revision and Standards The Multidimensional Life Satisfaction Scale for Children (MLSS-C) assesses life satisfaction in children aged between seven and 12 years, through 50 items distributed among six dimensions. The aim of this study was to revise the psychometric properties of the MLSS-C and create standards for its use. The sample was composed of data from 1181 children aged seven to 13 years (M=10.43; SD=1.78) from studies conducted in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was performed to evaluate the quality of the model fit. The reliability was estimated using Cronbach's alpha and McDonald's omega. Results showed good model fit after the exclusion of 18 items, the Non-Violence dimension was also removed. Results indicated an improvement of its indexes after psychometric revision and an increase in the internal consistency of the subscales. Percentile standards according to participants' sex and school year are provided for clinical and research use.

Subjective Well-Being and Psychopathology Symptoms: Mental Health Profiles and their Relations with Academic Achievement in Brazilian Children

“…Cronbach's alpha for the total scale was 0.824, which is similar to the finding of the original study (Oliveira et al 2019). Cronbach's alpha for self subscale was 0.64, for compared self was 0.62, for family 0.72, for friendship 0.73, and for school 0.72.…”

“…In the first step, we departed from the understanding of the structure of EMSVC and SDQ as reported in previous literature (Goodman et al 2010;Oliveira et al 2019). We further validated these separate structures in our sample using CFA (see Supplementary Analysis).…”

“…Subjective well-being was accessed by investigating its component, life satisfaction. The Multidimensional Life Satisfaction Scale for Children -Brief Version (EMSVC, Oliveira et al 2019) is a self-report scale designed to assess life satisfaction in children. The brief version is a 32-item scale which provides five dimensions: self (e.g.…”

Well-Being and Stress of Children in Teaching by Digital Means during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case in Santarém, Brazilian Amazonia

“…The Multidimensional Life Satisfaction Scale for Children (MSLSC) [ 33 ] was applied to the students because it is a reduced version of the original instrument. It is a 5-point Likert-type scale, which, due to restrictions arising from the pandemic, was applied via Google forms.…”

“…To answer each question, the child marked from 1 to 5 what he felt about the question, where 1 means not at all, 2 little, 3 more or less, 4 quite a lot, and 5 very much. In the systematization of the answers, we inverted the values of the scores referring to the dimension Compared Self, as they have a negative meaning [ 33 ]: 1↔5; 2↔4; 3↔3; 4↔2; 5↔1, for items 12, 15, 19 and 22. Thus, if the child scored 5, 1 was added to the raw score and so on.…”