Abstract

NORONHA, Ana Paula Porto; PINTO, Lariana Paula  and  OTTATI, Fernanda. Confirmatory factor analysis of the Escala de Aconselhamento Profissional. Arq. bras. psicol. [online]. 2016, vol.68, n.1, pp. 62-71. ISSN 1809-5267.

This research aimed to evaluate the factor structure proposed in the Escala de Aconselhamento Profissional (EAP), by means of Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA). The study involved the participation of 805 students from the countryside of the state of São Paulo, university students from private institutions. Regarding gender, for those who reported, 386 (48%) were female and 300 were male (7.3%). Ages ranged from 18 to 56 years, with a mean age of 24.35 years (SD = 6.94). The CFA was implemented and the model, based on seven-dimensional structure, presented a adequate goodness-of-fit indexes, requiring no modifications. It was found that the factor model fitted the data, and encountered good estimates of the adopted parameters. The results revealed the model as a consistent measure, indicating its stability and generalizability.

Keywords : Professional interests; Vocational guidance; Confirmatory factor analysis.

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