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The objectives of this study were to investigate the areas of greatest and least interest among students, examine the relationships between interests in areas of Psychology, and test differences in the areas based on sex, age, course period and type of Higher Education Institution. A total of 200 Psychology students participated, most of whom were female (77.5%), with half from a public university and the other half from a private university. Participants completed the Scale of Interests by Areas of Psychology (EIAPsi-55) in person. The results revealed that the Traffic Psychology area was the least preferred, while the Clinical area was the most preferred. Of the 55 items of the EIAPsi-55, only 18 demonstrated differential functioning across some of the variables analyzed, and significant differences were identified in seven of the 11 factors of the instrument. This study contributed to the advancement of scientific evidence regarding the EIAPsi-55 and its practical application. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The study aimed to obtain evidence based on the internal structure of the Social Support Perception Scale at Work (EPSST) for the context of public security. The study included 9,591 public security agents from different corporations in all federative units of Brazil. Most participants (80.1%) were male (ƒ=8,156), with a mean age of 40 years (SD=7.69) and mean length of service at the institution of 14 years (SD=8.14). Factorials analysis was performed to verify the factorial structure of the scale, and the internal consistency was estimated. The results indicated a three-factor structure (informational social support; emotional social support; instrumental or material social support), items with factor loadings above .30, adequate fit indices, and reliability estimates with satisfactory values for all factors. It was concluded that the EPSST presents adequate psychometric qualities for the public security context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Despite the reformulation of the National Curriculum Guidelines, some studies published on the national scene still demonstrate the presence of little space available for Organizational and Work Psychology (POT) in the training process of psychologists in Brazil. The study intends to identify the space available for teaching POT in the formative process, based on the characterization of the curricular grids of the 162 Psychology courses in the State of São Paulo. The data collection procedure consisted of a survey conducted on the websites of Higher Education Institutions to ascertain the curricular matrices. The courses presented 0 to 24 subjects with an average of 2.81 subjects per course and 8.2% of space devoted to subjects and internships in POT. There is little space in the curriculum for teaching POT. There were no significant differences between the results of public and private HEIs. There was an expansion of the teaching of POT from a technical and individualistic approach to a more systemic and political approach. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

When used for clinical purposes, self-report scales can be susceptible to the influence of response biases. Acquiescent responding can create artifactual additional factors in self-report assessments of clinical symptoms in factor analysis studies, then biasing the resulting scores. Most of these instruments do not offer the appropriate resources for the control of response biases. Thecurrent study was to investigate the internal structure of the Brazilian Burnout Scale (BBS) while also controlling for acquiescence. Participants were 854 workers. After controlling for acquiescence, the best fitting model was a bifactor model containing two substantive factors (Emotional Exhaustion and Frustration, and Depersonalization/Distancing) plus a response bias factor. The BBS can be useful for the research on and the screening of burnout symptoms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The Covid-19 pandemic required many changes in several areas of Psychology, such as Psychological Assessment. The faceto-face teaching methods did not prove efficient in the remote modality and thus there was a need for a careful adaptation that would address techniques, such as psychological assessments, without impairing learning. Therefore, this study aimed to discuss training in psychological assessment, in light of the challenge resulting from the experience of the Covid-19 pandemic. Hence, we intend to offer subsidies for quality training in psychological assessment for the moment currently experienced. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study evaluated the relationship between perceived work support, occupational stressors and burnout in a sample of 102 teachers, testing a model based on structural equations. The Labor Support Scale (ESUL), the Workplace Stress Vulnerability Scale (EVENT) and the Brazilian Burnout Scale (EBB) were applied. From the results, the EBB correlated positively and moderately with the EVENT and negatively and with a weak magnitude with the ESUL. The EVENT and ESUL presented a negative and weak correlation. Using the path analysis model, stressors at work mediated the relationship between work support and burnout. The social interaction dimension (ESUL) predicted the climate and organizational functioning (EVENT), which in turn directly impacted emotional exhaustion/professional frustration and depersonalization/detachment (EBB). The study demonstrates the importance of investigating these constructs in the school context, aiming to support the planning of interventions and the reduction of stressors and burnout indicators. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The article presents psychometric quality studies for the Work Self-Efficacy Scale (WSES): one is a validity study based on the internal structure (Exploratory Factor Analysis, EFA, and Confirmatory Factor Analysis, CFA), and the other an accuracy study through internal consistency. In the validity study based on the EFA and accuracy, the WSES was applied in a sample of 525 workers, resulting in a reduction to 23 items, distributed in two factors (factor 1, Work Execution, with factorial loads varying between 0, 47 and 0.89, and factor 2, Interpersonal Labor Relations, with loads between 0.56 and 0.85). The Orion accuracy coefficients were 0.96 (factor 1) and 0.95 (factor 2). In the CFA, the WSES with 23 items was applied to a sample of 200 workers, and it was verified that all the indicators presented adequate values, and the structure (two factors) of the WSES was also confirmed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The objective of the study was to verify if the organizational climate and depressive symptomatology predict organizational support, as well as to perform complementary analyzes considering sociodemographic variables. Participants were 510 individuals who had a professional activity for at least six months, and who answered the Labor Support Scale (ESUL), the Organizational Climate Assessment Scale (CLIMOR) and the Baptista Depression Scale-Adult Version (EBADEP-A). The results showed that the regression models that best explained the organizational support were composed by dimensions of the organizational climate, and that the depressive symptomatology did not exert any influence in model. In the complementary analyzes it was observed that the variable related to the size of the company showed a higher average score related to organizational support in large companies, when compared with small and medium size companies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]