Abstract

BRAZ, Ana Carolina; FONTAINE, Anne Marie Germaine Victorine; DEL PRETTE, Almir  and  DEL PRETTE, Zilda Aparecida. Social skills inventory for the elderly: an instrument for use in Brazil. Rev. SPAGESP [online]. 2020, vol.21, n.2, pp.7-22. ISSN 1677-2970.

We carried out an evaluation of the evidence of internal structure and scores reliability of the Social Skills Inventory for the Elderly (SSI-E) in a sample of 616 Brazilian elderly, between the ages of 60 and 94, from diverse Social-economic stratum. We used EFA, CFA, and reliability measures (Composite Reliability). SSI-E is a 20-item instrument (χ2/gl = 1.406, CFI = 0.912, RMSEA = 0.037, SRMR = 0.0563) with four factors: Emotional expressiveness; Assertiveness; Conversation and social resourcefulness; Affective-sexual approach. The composite reliability of the factors ranged between 0.70 and 0.80, suggesting good precision. The SSI-E allows a very parsimonious application. We discuss the implications of these findings for research, assessment, and intervention on mental health among the elderly.

Keywords : Aging; Social skills; Psychological assessment; Brazil.

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