Medidas de afectos en dominios específicos / Affect Measures in Specific Domains

A fin de responder a la pregunta ¿Qué está bien en las personas?, la psicología positiva estudia las cualidades humanas y la promoción de su funcionamiento positivo, en particular, los afectos positivos y negativos que aluden al resultado de la intensidad y frecuencia de las emociones vivenciadas. Con el objetivo de medir los afectos en dominios específicos, a saber: yo, familia, amigos y trabajo/finanzas, el presente estudio utilizó la Escala de Afectos Zanon en una versión modificada a la que se le hizo una adaptación en su instrucción, para verificar posibles diferencias en las medidas de los afectos. Participaron de la investigación 142 personas, con edades entre 15 y 87 años, con 7.74 de nota promedio para la vida en general. Entre los principales resultados, fueron identificadas diferencias significativas entre los sexos para afectos negativos y afectos positivos y, en relación con la edad, para los afectos negativos respecto del trabajo.

In order to answer the question "What's right with people?" Positive Psychology aims to study the human qualities as well as promoting their positive functioning. The positive and negative affect are studied by the proposed approach and refer to the result of the intensity and frequency of experienced emotions. With the aim of measuring the affects in specific areas, namely 'I', 'Family', 'Friends' and 'Work / Finance', this study used the modified Zanon Scale Affects to detect differences in measures of affect. Participants were in the number of 142 people between 15 and 87 years old, with 7.74 average grade assigned for life in general. Among the main results, significant differences were found between genders for negative affect and positive affect, and with respect to age, there was a statistically significant negative affect toward work.

Escala de prefeêências por objetos ocupacionais relações com a escala de aconsselhamento profissiona (eap) / Scale of Objects for Occupational Preferences: relations with Scale of Professional Counseling (EAP) / Escala de los objetos de preferencias ocupacionales: relaciones con la escala de Orientación Profesional (EAP)

O processo de orientarlo profissionai implica conhecimento do individuo e do mercado de traballio, de modo que facilite a tomada de decisào. Um dos desafios para os especialistas da área é o desenvolvimiento de instrumentos que congreguem a Avaliacào Psicológica e a Orientarlo Profissional. A quantidade de instrumentos brasileiros que se propóem avaliar os interesses nos padróes científicos considerados adequados é escassa. O objetivo deste estudo foi verificar as relagoes entre os instrumentos Escala de Preferencias por Objetos Ocupacionais (EPOOc) e Escala de Aconselhamento Profissional (eap). A amostra foi composta por 553 participantes, com idades entre 19 a 52 anos, de diversos cursos de uma universidade particular do interior do estado de Sao Paulo. Os resultados indicaram, no geral, que as atividades desenvolvidas nos cursos estao associadas com a preferencia pela utilizarlo de objetos nas profissóes relacionadas. Sugere-se novos estudos com amostras diversificadas e a utilizarlo de outros instrumentos em pesquisas futuras.

The process of career guidance implies knowledge of the individual and the labor market in order to facilitate decision making. The one of the challenges for specialists in the field is the development of tools which bring together the Psychological Assessment and Vocational Guidance. The amount of Brazilian instruments that propose to assess the interest in scientific standards considered adequate is scarce. The goal of this study was to examine relationships between the instruments Scale Preferences Objects for Occupational (EPOOc) and Professional Counseling Scale (eap). The sample consisted of 553 participants, aged 19 to 52 years, several courses at a private university in the state of Sao Paulo. The results showed, in general, that the activities in courses associated with the preference for using objects in related professions. It is suggested that further studies with diverse samples and the use of other instruments further research.