Benign and Malicious Envy Scale: Cross-cultural Adaptation and Validity Evidence for Adolescents

Although there are few Brazilian studies on this subject, envy is a universal phenomenon present in the cultural and social spheres. This research aimed to conduct a cross-cultural adaptation to Brazilian Portuguese and to evaluate validity evidence for Benign and Malicious Envy Scale (BeMas), a mea...

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Autores: Peixoto, Evandro Morais, Campos, Carolina Rosa, Oliveira, Karina da Silva, Tartaro, Gustavo Kastien, Baptista, Makilim Nunes
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie (UPM)
Repositorio:Psicologia (Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie. Online)
Idioma:inglés
portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.editorarevistas.mackenzie.br:article/13088
Acceso en línea:http://editorarevistas.mackenzie.br/index.php/ptp/article/view/ePTPPA13088
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:transcultural adaptation
internal structure
envy
test validity
social comparison
calidad psicométrica
estructura interna
validez del test
inveja
comparación social
adaptação transcultural
estrutura interna
validade do teste
comparação social
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Sumario:Although there are few Brazilian studies on this subject, envy is a universal phenomenon present in the cultural and social spheres. This research aimed to conduct a cross-cultural adaptation to Brazilian Portuguese and to evaluate validity evidence for Benign and Malicious Envy Scale (BeMas), a measure of benign and malicious envy. A total of 248 adolescents, aged 12 to 17 years old (M=13.93 ±1.39, 47.9% of boys) participated in this research. Evidence of validity based on content, internal structure, relationship to other variables (stress, anxiety, depression, global distress, and life satisfaction) and reliability indicators were estimated. The exploratory factor analysis suggested the adequacy of the internal structure composed by two factors, demonstrating the equivalence of the internal structure with the original version, as well as good indicators of reliability (ω= 0.760 e 0.823) and relationships with external variables consistent with the theoretical hypotheses. The Results suggest adequacy of the instrument.