A influência da satisfação com a vida e do Mindfulness na autoavaliação das competências atitudinais (soft Skills): um estudo no contexto de formação do Oficial do Exército Brasileiro

Abstract

In the present study, the objective was to study the phenomena of life satisfaction and Mindfulness in cadets, as well as the association of such variables with the results of their attitudinal assessments (transversal skills). Study participants were 1822 cadets from the third year of training at AMAN. Participation was voluntary and with the completion of the Free and Informed Consent Form. Participants answered the research instruments individually at specific times for the Psychopedagogical Section of AMAN: Diener, Emmons, Larsen & Griffin's Life Satisfaction Scale (1985) and the Mindfulness Scale, Vergueiro 2020, the attitudes measured in the AMAN Professional Profile were evaluated by a proprietary system developed by the technical team of the Academia Militar das Agulhas Negras . The study was developed as follows. In the initial phase, the objective was to gather evidence of validity of these scales for the military context of AMAN. After Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) procedures, the Life Satisfaction Scale had its validity evidenced with 5 items (RMR = 0.037, GFI = 0.979, AGFI = 0.938, CFI = 0.967, RMSEA = 0.088 and CAIC = 89.070) and the Mindfulness Scale with 8 items (RMR = 0.037, GFI = 0.966, AGFI = 0.932, CFI = 0.950, RMSEA = 0.070 and CAIC = 167.565). Subsequently, the step was the correlation between

life satisfaction and mindfulness with the cadet's attitudinal performance, based on self- assessment. At this moment, the results indicated that there is an association between the

phenomena studied, corroborating again with the theory. All data and results collected in the present study must be interpreted with caution. It is suggested to carry out complementary studies, with other instruments and variables, all with the objective of better understanding the validity indicators presented here, as well as the role of each of the study variables for the process of military higher education at AMAN.