This research aimed to construct a self-report scale in order to assess the cognitive planning in adults and to gather initial evidence of its validity. Planning was considered a subdomain of the Executive Functions and it was understood as the ability to intentionally define and structure actions and resources with the purpose of achieving an objective efficiently. The steps of the scale development process were those recommended in the literature. A total of 279 people of both sexes, with different educational and socioeconomic levels, living in several Brazilian states, with ages varying from 18 to 63 years participated in the study. Data collection was performed mainly electronically. Results indicate that the Cognitive Planning Scale (CPS) holds quite satisfactory psychometric properties.
Cognitive planning; psychometric analysis; neuropsychological evaluation; executive functions