出版社：Faculdade de Psicologia, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul
摘要：The theme of high abilities/giftedness in psychological assessment context, has been a challenge, given its multidimensionality. This study we sought to investigate the construct validity of the Battery for Assessment of High Ability. The sample was composed by 588 students of the 2nd year of elementary school to 3rd year of high school, both sexes. They were divided into a control group (N = 470) and test group (N = 118), with a mean age of 11.11 years. The instrument was composed of four subtests of intelligence (Verbal, Abstract, Numerical and Logical Reasoning) and two subtests of creativity (Construction of Figures and Metaphors Creation). The results of exploratory factor analysis indicated three factors explaining 70.72% of the total variance, representing a measure of verbal creativity, a measure of intelligence and a measure of figural creativity. In general, low correlations were observed between the factors. We conclude that the instrument presented construct validity for assessing three constructs involved in this phenomenon.
