Evidências de validade da Escala de Orientação para a Comparação Social (INCOM) para o contexto de adolescentes portugueses

Authors

  • Samuel Lincoln Bezerra Lins Lins
  • Miguel Campos Universidade do Porto, Portugal
  • Ana C. Leite University of Roehampton, Reino Unido
  • Catarina L. Carvalho Universidade do Porto, Portugal
  • Sónia Cardoso Universidade do Porto, Portugal
  • Jean Carlos Natividade

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17575/rpsicol.v30i1.1034

Abstract

The aim of this study was to translate and search for validity evidence of Iowa-Netherlands Comparison Orientation Scale for adolescents’ Portuguese context. This scale assesses levels of social comparison orientation. Participants were 238 adolescents, with ages between 13 and 18 years (M = 15.43, SD = 1.76). We verified that scale structure was in line with the original instrument version. Two dimensions emerged: Opinions and Abilities, both with satisfactory internal consistency indices. The dimension Opinions correlated positively with Self-esteem and Materialism; Abilities showed positive correlations with Self-compared, Materialism and Impulse buying. Regarding sex differences, girls showed higher mean for Opinions; boys higher mean for Abilities. Our results strengthen the Portuguese scale version adequacy to assess a tendency towards social comparison in adolescents.

doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.17575/rpsicol.v30i1.1034

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Published

2016-06-25

How to Cite

Lins, S. L. B. L., Campos, M., Leite, A. C., Carvalho, C. L., Cardoso, S., & Natividade, J. C. (2016). Evidências de validade da Escala de Orientação para a Comparação Social (INCOM) para o contexto de adolescentes portugueses. PSICOLOGIA, 30(1), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.17575/rpsicol.v30i1.1034

Issue

Vol. 30 No. 1 (2016)

Section

Non-thematic articles

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