Abstract

LINS, Samuel Lincoln Bezerra et al. Validity evidence for Scale for Social Comparison Orientation (INCOM) in the Portuguese adolescents' context. Psicologia [online]. 2016, vol.30, n.1, pp.1-14. ISSN 0874-2049.  https://doi.org/10.17575/rpsicol.v30i1.1034.

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.

Keywords : Social Comparison; Adolescents; Psychological test; Test validity.

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