Ally Identity Measure (AIM): adaptação e validação de uma medida no contexto brasileiro

Abstract

This article aimed to adapt the AIM to the Brazilian context, as well as to investigate its psychometric properties, gathering evidence of its validity based on factor structure and internal consistency. Two studies were carried out. Study I was concerned with adapting and delimiting the factor structure of the AIM and considered 210 heterosexuals (m = 28; SD = 8), the majority of whom were female (77.14%), white (52.86%) and Catholic (50%). The results of the Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) showed that item AIM-18 did not have significant factor loadings and was removed from further analysis. The confirmatory factor analysis of the reduced AIM18 model showed a similar structure to the original, with identical CFI and TLI fit indicators. However, the factor loadings of the items that made up factor 3 showed results below the cut-off point (λ ≥ |0.30|). When the internal consistency coefficients were analyzed, it was found that factor 3 was insufficient, as it showed indicators of less than 0.50. Once the factor structure of the AIM-BR had been defined, Study 2 aimed to test the fit of the model of the other instruments used in this study. 205 allies took part (m = 28.5; SD = 10), the majority of whom were female (69.76%), white (55.12%), left-wing (58.7%) and had a spirituality independent of any religion (44.88%). The results of the structural model confirmed the theoretical plausibility of the relationship between the two groups. The results of the structural model confirmed the theoretical plausibility of the relationship between the variables investigated. It was observed that an increase of one unit in the identification of allies has a direct impact on the willingness to take action. Furthermore, an increase in willingness to take action has a direct and positive impact on life purpose. It was concluded that the AIM-BR is psychometrically adequate and can be used in future studies to understand the dynamics of alliances and their correlates. We suggest replicating the study with larger, representative samples of the population, in order to confirm or refute the findings here.