Lucas Casanova Mariana, Pacheco Lara S, Costa Patrício, Lawthom Rebecca, Coimbra Joaquim L
Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Porto, Portugal.
Psicol Reflex Crit. 2019 Dec 18;32(1):23. doi: 10.1186/s41155-019-0135-2.
This study presents the adaptation of the Uncertainty Response Scale (Greco & Roger, Pers. Individ. Differ, 31:519-534, 2001) to Portuguese. This instrument was administered to a non-clinical community sample composed of 1596 students and professionals, allowing a thorough validity and invariance analysis by randomly dividing participants into three subsamples to perform: an exploratory factor analysis (sample one: N = 512); a preliminary confirmatory factor analysis to identify the final solution for the scale (sample two: N = 543); and the confirmatory factor analysis (sample three: N = 541). Samples two and three were also used for multi-group analysis to assess measurement invariance, invariance across gender, sociocultural levels, and students versus active professionals. Results showed the scale reflects the original factorial structure, as well as good internal consistency and overall good psychometric qualities. Invariance results across groups reached structural invariance which provides a confident invariance measurement for this scale, while invariance across gender and sociocultural levels reached metric invariance. Accordingly, differences between these groups were explored, by comparing means with multi-group analysis to establish the scale's sensitivity toward social vulnerability, by demonstrating the existence of statistically significant differences regarding gender and sociocultural levels on how individuals cope with uncertainty, specifically in terms of emotional strategies, as a self-defeating strategy. Thus, females scored higher on emotional uncertainty, as well as low sociocultural levels, compared with higher ones. Therefore, it is proposed that this scale could be a sound alternative to explore strategies for coping with uncertainty, when considering social, economic, or other environmental circumstances that may affect them.
本研究介绍了将不确定性反应量表（Greco和Roger，《个性与个体差异》，31:519 - 534，2001年）改编为葡萄牙语版本的情况。该量表被施用于一个由1596名学生和专业人员组成的非临床社区样本，通过将参与者随机分为三个子样本进行全面的效度和不变性分析：一个探索性因素分析（样本一：N = 512）；一个初步验证性因素分析以确定量表的最终解决方案（样本二：N = 543）；以及验证性因素分析（样本三：N = 541）。样本二和样本三还用于多组分析，以评估测量不变性、性别不变性、社会文化水平不变性以及学生与在职专业人员之间的不变性。结果表明，该量表反映了原始的因子结构，具有良好的内部一致性和总体良好的心理测量质量。各群体间的不变性结果达到了结构不变性，这为该量表提供了可靠的不变性测量，而性别和社会文化水平的不变性达到了度量不变性。因此，通过多组分析比较均值来探索这些群体之间的差异，以确定该量表对社会脆弱性的敏感性，通过证明在个体应对不确定性的方式上，特别是在作为自我挫败策略的情感策略方面，性别和社会文化水平存在统计学上的显著差异。因此，与社会文化水平较高者相比，女性在情感不确定性方面得分更高，社会文化水平较低。因此，建议在考虑可能影响他们的社会、经济或其他环境情况时，该量表可能是探索应对不确定性策略的一个可靠选择。
