Leonardo Pestillo de Oliveira

Psicologia do esporte: uma área emergente da psicologia

This manuscript presents the Sport Psychology field as a psychologists emergent field of action in Brazil. A historical analysis is performed concerning the path of Sport Psychology presenting the areas of professional action (research, teaching and intervention), the role of the sport psychologist (researcher, academic teacher and consultant) and the fields recent scientific state. Although the vast professional field, the diversity of knowledge needed to act in this subdivision of Psychology is an intervening element, resulting in an insufficient professional formation and a division of the professional action into two specialties: the Clinical Psychology and Educational Psychology applied to sport. Finally, it is highlighted the emergency in the comprehension of this aspects, providing background to understand the importance of the professional qualification in the field of Sport and Physical Exercise.

Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric properties of the Kessler Scale of Psychological Distress to a traumatic brain injury population in Swahili and the Tanzanian Setting

BackgroundTo evaluate the psychometric properties of a Swahili version of the Kessler Psychological Distress scale in an injury population in Tanzania.MethodsSwahili version of the Kessler Psychological Distress scale was developed by translation and back-translation by a panel of native speakers of both English and Swahili. The translated instruments were administered to a sample of Tanzanian adults from a traumatic brain injury registry. The content validity, construct validity, reliability, internal structure, and external reliability were analyzed using standard statistical methods.ResultsBoth translated versions of the Kessler Psychological Distress scale were found to be reliable (>0.85) for all tested versions. Confirmatory factor analysis of one and two factor solution showed adequate results. Kessler Psychological Distress scale scores were strongly correlated to depression and quality of life (R>0.50).ConclusionsThis paper presents the first Swahili adaptations of the Kessler Psychological Distress scale as well as the first validation of these questionnaires in Tanzania. The instrument was found to have acceptable psychometric properties, resulting in a new useful tool for medical and social research in this setting.

Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Psychometric Properties of the AUDIT and CAGE Questionnaires in Tanzanian Swahili for a Traumatic Brain Injury Population

Aims To develop Swahili versions of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) and CAGE questionnaires and evaluate their psychometric properties in a traumatic brain injury (TBI) population in Tanzania. Methods Swahili versions of the AUDIT and CAGE were developed through translation and back-translation by a panel of native speakers of both English and Swahili. The translated instruments were administered to a sample of Tanzanian adults from a TBI registry. The validity and reliability were analyzed using standard statistical methods. Results The translated versions of both the AUDIT and CAGE questionnaires were found to have excellent language clarity and domain coherence. Reliability was acceptable (>0.85) for all tested versions. Confirmatory factor analysis of one, two and three factor solution for the AUDIT and one factor solution for the CAGE showed adequate results. AUDIT and CAGE scores were strongly correlated to each other (R > 0.80), and AUDIT scores were significantly lower in non-drinkers compared to drinkers. Conclusions This article presents the first Swahili and Tanzanian adaptations of the AUDIT and CAGE instruments as well as the first validation of these questionnaires with TBI patients. Both instruments were found to have acceptable psychometric properties, resulting in two new useful tools for medical and social research in this setting.

BALBINOTTI SCALE OF FUTURE PERSPECTIVES OF MOTIVATION FOR ATHLETES (EBMPFA-15): EVIDENCE OF VALIDITY BASED ON THE INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF THE CONSTRUCT AND RELIABILITY

This research aimed to test the three-dimensional model Orientation to Pleasure by Learning (OPA); Orientation to Dedication and Enthusiasm (ODE); Orientation to circumstantial Motivation (WTO) evaluated by Balbinotti Scale of Future Perspectives of Motivation for Athletes (EBMPFA-15). Sample: 707 regular physical activity practitioners, male and female, aged between 12 and 33 years. Results: Exploratory (61.1% of the total variance of the construct) and confirmatory factor analysis (χ2 / df = 3.99; CFI = 0.97, TLI = 0.96; RMSEA = 0.06; 90% CI = 0.05 to 0.07) corroborate the threedimensionality and the suitability of the tested model to evaluate men and women (invariance). The Alpha, Omega and GLB indices (0.70 to 0.89) ensure its reliability. In conclusion the instrument has satisfactorily first evidence of validity and internal stability, as well as the accuracy of the theoretical model measure. Further studies should test other evidence of validity and interpretative rules of EBMPFA-15.

O papel mediador da autodeterminação sobre o efeito do perfeccionismo nas estratégias de enfrentamento em atletas juniores de futebol

Recentemente, alguns estudos tem apresentado as relacoes associativas entre os construtos Perfeccionismo (Pe) e Coping (Co), indicando ser um tema atual e importante. Este estudo tem por objetivo testar um modelo de relacoes preditivas das dimensoes Perfeccionismo Ajustado-Normal (PAN) e Perfeccionismo Desajustado-Neurotico (PDN), do construto Pe, sobre os Recursos Totais de Coping (RTC), do construto Co, quando mediadas pela Autodeterminacao (IAD), em uma amostra de atletas juniores de futebol. Para tanto, 182 atletas masculinos, com idades variando de 12 a 19 anos (14,86±1,97) de um clube de futebol do estado do Parana (Brasil), responderam aos seguintes instrumentos: Escala de Motivacao para o Esporte (EME-28), Inventario Atletico de Estrategias de Coping (IAEC-28) e Escala Multidimensional de Perfeccionismo (EMP-33). Os resultados de um Modelo de Equacoes Estruturais, testado sem a mediacao de IAD, explicaram 35% da variância de RTC; enquanto o MEE, considerando a mediacao de IAD, explicou 44% da variância de RTC apresentada pelos atletas. Os dados disponiveis permitem corroborar as hipoteses teoricas quanto a importância da Autodeterminacao na relacao entre Perfeccionismo e Coping. Salienta-se que novos estudos explorem amostras mais variadas permitindo ampliar a variabilidade de respostas e, consequentemente, melhorar ainda mais, por este vies, as relacoes hipotetico-preditivas testadas.

Sport psychology: an emergent field in psychology

This manuscript presents the Sport Psychology field as a psychologists emergent field of action in Brazil. A historical analysis is performed concerning the path of Sport Psychology presenting the areas of professional action (research, teaching and intervention), the role of the sport psychologist (researcher, academic teacher and consultant) and the fields recent scientific state. Although the vast professional field, the diversity of knowledge needed to act in this subdivision of Psychology is an intervening element, resulting in an insufficient professional formation and a division of the professional action into two specialties: the Clinical Psychology and Educational Psychology applied to sport. Finally, it is highlighted the emergency in the comprehension of this aspects, providing background to understand the importance of the professional qualification in the field of Sport and Physical Exercise.

Psicología del deporte: un area emergente de la psicología

This manuscript presents the Sport Psychology field as a psychologists emergent field of action in Brazil. A historical analysis is performed concerning the path of Sport Psychology presenting the areas of professional action (research, teaching and intervention), the role of the sport psychologist (researcher, academic teacher and consultant) and the fields recent scientific state. Although the vast professional field, the diversity of knowledge needed to act in this subdivision of Psychology is an intervening element, resulting in an insufficient professional formation and a division of the professional action into two specialties: the Clinical Psychology and Educational Psychology applied to sport. Finally, it is highlighted the emergency in the comprehension of this aspects, providing background to understand the importance of the professional qualification in the field of Sport and Physical Exercise.