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<journal-id>1688-4221</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Ciencias Psicológicas]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Cienc. Psicol.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1688-4221</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Católica del Uruguay.]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1688-42212021000101207</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22235/cp.v15i1.2357</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="pt"><![CDATA[Forças de caráter: evidências de uma escala e prevalência no Nordeste brasileiro]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Fuerzas de carácter: evidencias de una escala y prevalencia en el nordeste brasileño]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Strengths of character: evidence from a scale and prevalence in the Brazilian Northeast]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Neves Couto]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ricardo]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Nunes da Fonsêca]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Patrícia]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Nascimento da Silva]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Paulo Gregório]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Cavalcante Bezerra de Medeiros]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Paloma]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidade Federal do Piauí  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Parnaíba-PI. ]]></addr-line>
<country>Brazil</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Faculdade Regional da Bahia  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Parnaíba-PI ]]></addr-line>
<country>Brazil</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidade Federal da Paraíba  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[João Pessoa-PB ]]></addr-line>
<country>Brazil</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>15</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.edu.uy/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1688-42212021000101207&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.edu.uy/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1688-42212021000101207&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.edu.uy/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1688-42212021000101207&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="pt"><p><![CDATA[Resumo: Objetiva-se verificar a prevalência das forças de caráter nos nordestinos, especificamente, reunir novas evidências psicométricas da Escala de Forças de Caráter (EFC). Contou-se com uma amostra de 383 pessoas (M  idade = 27,81; DP= 10,83) oriunda em sua maioria da Paraíba, Brasil (24,3%), do sexo feminino (65,4%) e solteira (73,1%), que responderam a EFC e questões demográficas. Uma Análise Fatorial Exploratória indicou a unidimensionalidade da escala, as 24 forças saturando no fator com valor próprio igual a 9,69, explicando 43% da variância e cargas fatoriais de 0,41 (perdão) até 0,72 (vitalidade). O alfa de Cronbach (0,94) e ômega de McDonald (0,95) indicaram precisão satisfatória. Ademais, estatísticas descritivas foram realizadas identificando as forças mais prevalentes no Nordeste, respectivamente: gratidão, bondade, curiosidade, imparcialidade, amor ao aprendizado e esperança. Discute-se que a EFC reúne evidências para sua utilização e se discute a influência da cultura e região na prevalência das forças.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: Se estudia la prevalencia de las fuerzas de carácter en los nordestinos, específicamente con la intención de reunir evidencias psicométricas de la Escala de Fuerzas de Carácter (EFC). Se contó con una muestra de 383 personas (M  edad = 27.81, DE= 10.83) oriunda en su mayoría de Paraíba, Brasil (24.3%), del sexo femenino (65,4%) y soltera (73,1%), que respondieron a EFC y cuestiones demográficas. Un Análisis Factorial Exploratorio indicó la unidimensionalidad de la escala, las 24 fuerzas saturando en el factor con valor propio igual a 9.69, explicando el 43% de la varianza y cargas factoriales de .41 (perdón) hasta .72 (vitalidad). El alfa de Cronbach= .94 y omega de McDonald= .95 indican precisión satisfactoria. Posteriormente, estadísticas descriptivas fueron realizadas identificando como las fuerzas más prevalentes en el Nordeste: gratitud, bondad, curiosidad, imparcialidad, amor al aprendizaje y esperanza. Se plantea que la EFC reúne evidencias psicométricas para su utilización y se discute la influencia de la cultura y región en la prevalencia de las fuerzas.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: This study assesses the prevalence of character strengths among Northeastern Brazilians to, more specifically, gather new psychometric evidence by applying the Character Strengths Scale (CSS) to a sample of 383 people (M  age = 27.81; SD = 10.83), mostly single (73.1%) women (65.4%) from Paraíba, Brazil (24.3%), who completed the CSS and answered demographic questions. Exploratory factor analysis indicated the unidimensionality of the scale, with the 24 strengths of character loading on the factor with an eigenvalue of 9.69, explaining 43% of the variance, and with factor loadings ranging from 0.41 (forgiveness) to 0.72 (zest). Cronbach&#8217;s alpha (0.94) and McDonald&#8217;s omega (0.95) indicated satisfactory scale reliability. Furthermore, descriptive statistics were calculated to identify the most prevalent strengths in the Brazilian Northeast, namely, gratitude, kindness, curiosity, fairness, love of learning and hope, in decreasing order. Evidence is presented for the use of the CSS as well as the influence of culture and region on the prevalence of character strengths.]]></p></abstract>
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