Construção e validação de uma escala de satisfação com a vida escolar

Abstract

This study aimed to develop and validate an instrument to evaluate the satisfaction with the school life of students. Starting from the initial hypothesis that the level of satisfaction interferes at the well-being subjective and psychologic, also in the school engagement, academic performance, and school adjustment of childrens, and adolescents, it was opted develop two studies. The Study I, had for finality realize one exploratory analysis of the Scale of Satisfaction with School Life (ESVE), seeking to know the evidences to validity and internal consistency. Participated 208 students of city João Pessoa / PB, with 52.9% coming from public schools and 47.1% of private schools, with mean age of 13.66 (SD = 1.10). From these students, 51.9% were female, and 48.1% were male, who attended 8th grade (41.3%), and 9th grade (58.7%) of elementary school. The participants answer the Scale of Satisfaction with School Life (ESVE), composed by 14 items distributed on two factors: (1) Contentment with the School, and (2) The study as a source of realization, and a socio demographic questionnaire. Was perfomed a Student's t test and an analysis of the principal components. The results indicated that the Scale of Satisfaction with School Life (ESVE ) has satisfactory psychometric parameters , leaving 13 items , explaining 43.87 of the total variance. Factor I (Contentment with the School ) was composed of eight items ( α = 0.77) and Factor II (The study as a source of realization) with five items ( α = 0.73 ). The Study 2 intended to confirm the factor structure of the scale and verify convergent reliability and composite validity. 232 students participated, with a mean age of 14.8 (SD = 0.98), 54.7% female and 45.3% male. Of these, 51.3% are students from public schools and 48.7% in private schools. Participants answered the same instruments of the previous study. A confirmatory factor analysis in PAWS statistical program was conducted. The results confirmed the two-factor model (X 2 / df = 1.927, GFI = 0.92, AGFI = 0.89, CFI = 0.87, RMSEA = 0.063 (90% CI = 0.046 to 0.080) and Pclose = 0.094). It is concluded that this measure can be adequately used in research in the school context.