Abstract

DAMASIO, Bruno Figueiredo; FREITAS, Clarissa Pinto Pizarro de  and  KOLLER, Sílvia Helena. Occupational Self-Efficacy Scale - Short Form (OSS-SF): Adaptation and evidence of construct validity of the Brazilian version. Rev. bras. orientac. prof [online]. 2014, vol.15, n.1, pp. 65-74. ISSN 1679-3390.

This study aimed to adapt the Occupational Self-Efficacy Scale - Short Form (OSS-SF) to the Brazilian context. Participants were 514 professionals (86.4% women, mean age = 37.91 years, SD = 10.78). The sample was randomly split in two halves, and exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted to evaluate the factor structure of the Brazilian OSS-SF. Excellent goodness-of-fit indexes were achieved. Convergent validity was assessed using the Job-related Affective Well-being Scale and the Maslach Burnout Inventory. Correlations in the expected direction and magnitude were achieved. Further, significant differences were found in the levels of occupational self-efficacy among professionals who exhibited prevalence of job-related positive affect instead of job-related negative affect. The OSS-SF presented adequate psychometric properties, which suggests its usefulness in evaluating occupational self-efficacy in the Brazilian context.

Keywords : occupational health; self-efficacy; validation; factor analysis.

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