Escala de significado do dinheiro: desenvolvimento e validação

The meaning of money scale: development and validation

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Escala de significado do dinheiro: desenvolvimento e validação^*

The meaning of money scale: development and validation

Alice Moreira^I,1; Álvaro Tamayo^II

^IUniversidade Federal do Pará

^IIUniversidade de Brasília

RESUMO

A carência de instrumentos de mensuração confiáveis tem atrasado o desenvolvimento da pesquisa psicológica sobre dinheiro e fenômenos relacionados. O objetivo deste trabalho foi desenvolver e validar uma Escala de Significado do Dinheiro. Para desenvolver a escala, dados preliminares foram coletados com amostra heterogênea de 61 sujeitos e organizados através de procedimento incluindo análises de conteúdo, combinatória, semântica e de juízes. A compreensão teórica baseou-se em referencial das ciências sociais, resultando em um modelo hipotético com 10 fatores. A escala foi validada em amostra heterogênea com 1.464 sujeitos de todas as regiões brasileiras. Os resultados apontaram uma estrutura multifatorial ortogonal, confirmada separadamente para homens e mulheres, e constituída por 9 componentes: os alpha de Cronbach variaram entre 0,70 e 0,88 para 6 componentes; os demais foram 0,66, 0,67 e 0,57. Comparada aos estudos anteriores, esta escala apresenta avanços e abre novas possibilidades para pesquisas psicológicas em temas relacionados a dinheiro.

Palavras-chave: escalas de significado do dinheiro; psicologia do dinheiro; psicologia econômica.

ABSTRACT

The lack of reliable measurement tools has delayed the development of psychological research about money and related phenomena. The aim of this study was to develop and validate a Meaning of Money Scale. To develop the scale, preliminary data were collected using a heterogeneous sample of 61 subjects and organised through procedure including content, combinatory, semantic, by judges, and based on social sciences theoretical analysis. This resulted in a 10 factors hypothetical model. The scale was validated in a heterogeneous sample with 1464 subjects from all Brazilian regions. Results pointed to an orthogonal multifactorial structure, separately confirmed to men and women, and composed by 9 components: Cronbach alpha ranged from 0,70 to 0,88 to 6 components, and the others were 0,66, 0,67 and 0,57. Comparing to previous studies, this scale presents advances and generates new possibilities to psychological research about money related subjects.

Key words: meaning of money scales; psychology of money; economic psychology.

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Recebido em 15.06.1999

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Versão final em 18.01.2000

Aceito em 08.02.2000

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Trabalho desenvolvido como estudo preliminar para a preparação de tese de doutorado da primeira autora, em desenvolvimento no Instituto de Psicologia da Universidade de Brasília, sob orientação do segundo autor. Apoio financeiro da CAPES (Bolsa de Doutorado da primeira autora) e o CNPq (Bolsa de Pesquisa do segundo autor ¾ Processo Integrado n. 522277/95). Inscrito para apresentação na XXIX Reunião anual de Psicologia da Sociedade Brasileira de Psicologia

Datas de Publicação

• Publicação nesta coleção
  07 Jan 2013
• Data do Fascículo
  Ago 1999

Histórico

• Aceito
  08 Fev 2000
• Recebido
  15 Jun 1999