Psychological intervention needs: validation of a survey with Portuguese university students

Joana Pinto; Marco Martins

doi:10.17979/reipe.2017.4.2.2922

Psychological intervention needs: validation of a survey with Portuguese university students

Joana Pinto, Marco Martins

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This work presents and discusses the psychometric characteristics of the Portuguese version of The Survey of Student Needs (SSN), a self-report questionnaire that assesses psychological intervention needs. A total of 659 university students participated, 76.5% women, with a mean age of 21.96 years. The results of Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) report a factorial solution of three factors explaining 38.49% of the variance. Considering the internal consistency of this factorial structure, Cronbach’s alpha values of .88 were found in factor 1, .81 in factor 2, and .84 in factor 3. The results of the Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) suggest that the factorial solution proposed by the EFA presents better fit indices to the empirical data when compared to three alternative models (X2/df = 3.096, CFI = .842, GFI = .851, RMSEA = .056, P[rmsea ≤ .05] < .000). In conclusion, this study indicates that the SSN is a valid and reliable instrument applicable to the research and intervention contexts of this field.

Idioma original	English
Páginas (de-até)	112-121
Número de páginas	10
Revista	Revista de Estudios e Investigación en Psicología y Educación
Volume	4
Número de emissão	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.17979/reipe.2017.4.2.2922
Estado da publicação	Publicado - 1 dez. 2017

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Dias, P. (Professor Auxiliar), Matos, R. (Professor Associado), Carvalho, M. C. (Professor Auxiliar), Peixtoto, C. E. (Investigador), Pires, C. V. (Investigador), Carneiro, A. (Professor Auxiliar Convidado), Ribeiro, L. M. (Professor Auxiliar), Barbosa, M. (Professor Auxiliar), Martins, F. (Professor Auxiliar Convidado), Moreno, A. (Investigador), Costa, M. (Investigador), Andrade, A. (Professor Auxiliar), Fonseca, A. M. (Professor Associado), Silva, A. (Investigador), Gaspar, A. (Professor Auxiliar Convidado), Machado, B. C. (Professor Auxiliar), Morais, C. (Professor Auxiliar Convidado), Ribeiro, C. (Professor Auxiliar), Ribeiro, C. (Professor Auxiliar), Palmeirão, C. (Professor Auxiliar), Mesquita, D. (Professor Auxiliar Convidado), Soares, D. (Professor Auxiliar Convidado), Veiga, E. (Professor Auxiliar), Palha, F. (Professor Auxiliar), Sobral, F. (Professor Auxiliar), Cabral, I. (Professor Auxiliar), Baptista, I. (Professor Associado), Pinto, J. C. (Professor Auxiliar), Azevedo, J. (Professor Catedrático), Machado, J. (Investigador), Lagarto, J. R. (Investigador), Alves, J. M. (Professor Associado Convidado), Ribeiro, L. (Professor Auxiliar Convidado), Campos, L. (Professor Auxiliar), Orvalho, L. (Investigador), Veríssimo, L. (Professor Auxiliar), Roldão, M. D. C. (Investigador), Xavier, M. R. (Professor Auxiliar), Negrão, M. (Professor Auxiliar), Carvalho, M. (Professor Auxiliar Convidado), Oliveira, M. (Professor Adjunto), Batista, P. (Doutorado Contratado), Oliveira-Silva, P. (Professor Auxiliar), Pereira, P. (Professor Auxiliar), Serrão, R. (Investigador), Lima, V. S. (Professor Auxiliar), Ribeiro, P. (PI) & Rocha, M. M. M. (PI)
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