Self-image and Compassionate Goals Scale: Adaptation for Brazilian Samples

The present study had as aim the translation, adaptation and to obtain evidences of validity of the Self-Image and Compassion scale with Brazilian samples in the organizational context. Data were collected with police officers from the Military Police of the Federal District – Brasilia, Brazil (two samples; n=127 and n =480). The original scale had 13 items, and the entire validation procedure was developed following the cross-cultural literature recommendation. Hence, with the first sample, items passed by a translation/back translation procedure, which was tailed by the analyzes of the content validity index, obtaining satisfactory indexes (CVI=0.95). As follows, an exploratory factor analyzes was conducted, which confirmed the bifactorial structured proposed. Three items presented low factorial loadings, being later excluded. Finally, with the larger sample (n=480) a confirmatory factor analyzes (CFA) reaffirmed its structure. The final model obtained with the CFA pointed out to a 10-items, bifactorial scale, with fit indexes that indicate its equivalence for use in the Brazilian context. Finally, it was observed a partial mediation of the Goals of Self-image and Compassion in the prediction of Human Values ​​into Organizational Commitment.