Ana Paula Porto Noronha

Instrumentos de inteligência e interesses em orientação profissional

Intelligence and interests tests in vocational guidance. The use of psychometrically adjusted instruments to the context in which they will be used is important to trust the psychological assessments process. In professional counseling situations, such use has the same importance, since different constructs analyses must provide a better self-knowledge, facilitating an adequate professional choice. The goal of this study was to correlate different intelligence and vocational interests instruments, answered by 312 students from a vocational counseling process, with age average 16.13 years old (SD = 2.07). Results showed significant correlations between BPR-5 and LIP, in one hand, and between INV and Angelini, in the other. New studies with larger and more geographically heterogeneous samples are suggested, aiming to get more validity evidences, mainly to the not approved instruments by the Federal institution that regulates psychological test use.

Bender Gestalt Visual-Motor test – Sistema de Pontuação Gradual (B-SPG): A study with different samples

The aim in this study was to analyze differences between children’s performances on the Bender – Sistema de Pontuacao Gradual (B-SPG) [Gradual Scoring System] in the states of Minas Gerais and Paraiba, and to compare them with the results presented in the test manual. The participants were 511 children, both sexes, aged 6-10 years ( M = 8.21, SD = 1.33), and 50.7% male. The children were from two states, Minas Gerais ( n = 298, 58.3%) and Paraiba ( n = 213, 41.7%). The SPG was administered collectively in classrooms. The mean B-SPG scores between the children from Minas Gerais and Paraiba were very similar and not statistically significant. Regarding the comparison between the two states and the normative sample, three results were significant, two of which favored the children from Sao Paulo and the other the children from Minas Gerais and Paraiba, showing little variation in the results of the B-SPG.

Prueba Gestáltica Viso-Motriz de Bender – Sistema de Pontuação Gradual (B-SPG): Un Estudio con Muestras Diferentes

The aim in this study was to analyze differences between children’s performances on the Bender – Sistema de Pontuacao Gradual (B-SPG) [Gradual Scoring System] in the states of Minas Gerais and Paraiba, and to compare them with the results presented in the test manual. The participants were 511 children, both sexes, aged 6-10 years ( M = 8.21, SD = 1.33), and 50.7% male. The children were from two states, Minas Gerais ( n = 298, 58.3%) and Paraiba ( n = 213, 41.7%). The SPG was administered collectively in classrooms. The mean B-SPG scores between the children from Minas Gerais and Paraiba were very similar and not statistically significant. Regarding the comparison between the two states and the normative sample, three results were significant, two of which favored the children from Sao Paulo and the other the children from Minas Gerais and Paraiba, showing little variation in the results of the B-SPG.

Teste Gestaltico Visomotor de Bender Sistema de Pontuacao Gradual (B-SPG): Um Estudo com Amostras Distintas

The aim in this study was to analyze differences between children’s performances on the Bender – Sistema de Pontuacao Gradual (B-SPG) [Gradual Scoring System] in the states of Minas Gerais and Paraiba, and to compare them with the results presented in the test manual. The participants were 511 children, both sexes, aged 6-10 years ( M = 8.21, SD = 1.33), and 50.7% male. The children were from two states, Minas Gerais ( n = 298, 58.3%) and Paraiba ( n = 213, 41.7%). The SPG was administered collectively in classrooms. The mean B-SPG scores between the children from Minas Gerais and Paraiba were very similar and not statistically significant. Regarding the comparison between the two states and the normative sample, three results were significant, two of which favored the children from Sao Paulo and the other the children from Minas Gerais and Paraiba, showing little variation in the results of the B-SPG.