Personal Norm of Reciprocity: Evidendence of Validity and Reliability of a Measure

• Autor(a) principal: Gouveia, Valdiney Veloso
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Nascimento, Anderson Mesquita do, Grangeiro, Alex Sandro de Moura, Mariano, Tailson Evangelista, Santos, Layrtthon Carlos de Oliveira
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Psicologia (Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie. Online)
• Texto Completo: http://editorarevistas.mackenzie.br/index.php/ptp/article/view/8063
• topic: reciprocity; cooperation; retaliation; measure; validity; reciprocidad; cooperación; represalia; medida; validez; reciprocidade; cooperação; retaliação; medida; validade

This study aimed at adapting to the Brazilian context the Personal Norm of Reciprocity Questionnaire (PNRQ), gathering evidence of its factorial validity and in­ternal consistency. 203 students participated, with average age of 20.6 years (SD = 4.54). Data were analyzed separately for beliefs and behaviors in reciprocity. The first part refers to the beliefs of reciprocity had nine items with Cronbach’s alpha of 0.66 and saturations ranging from 0.33 to 0.65. The part referring to reciprocity behavior emerged two components, the first called negative reciprocity had nine ite­ms, with saturations ranging from 0.46 to 0.80 and Cronbach’s alpha of 0.85 as the second component was called positive reciprocity, and had seven items and saturations ranging from 0.46 to 0.76, with Cronbach’s alpha of 0.74. We have concluded that these findings support the psychometric adequacy of this instrument, which shows evidence of validity and reliability.