We found a match
Your institution may have rights to this item. Sign in to continue.
- Title
Psychometric Properties of Teacher Report of Social-Emotional Assets and Resilience Scale in Preschoolers and Elementary School Children.
- Authors
Figueiredo, Patrícia; Azeredo, Andreia; Barroso, Ricardo; Barbosa, Fernando
- Abstract
Research in psychology has evolved over the decades creating a movement of greater emphasis on the assessment of strengths and positive characteristics, rather than focusing on risk factors and the diagnosis of pathology. The Social-Emotional Assets and Resilience Scale (SEARS) is an instrument for assessing the children's strengths, resilience and adaptability in daily life, presenting a form completed by teachers. This study presents the factorial structure of the Portuguese version of teacher-report of SEARS and examines its psychometric properties, namely internal consistency and convergent validity, with a sample of 235 children (116 boys and 119 girls) aged between 5 and 10 years (M = 7.51, SD = 1.63). The factorial structure suggested by Merrell et al. (2011) was tested through a Confirmatory Factor Analyzes, with 41 items making up four factors (responsibility, self-competence, self-regulation, and empathy). In general, our findings support a final structure of 40 items divided into four subscales and provides evidence on the psychometric quality of this instrument. Limitations and future research needs are discussed.
- Subjects
ADAPTABILITY (Personality) in children; ANALYSIS of variance; CHI-squared test; CHILD development; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPORT writing; PSYCHOLOGICAL resilience; SCHOOL children; SOCIAL skills; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Journal of Psychopathology & Behavioral Assessment, 2020, Vol 42, Issue 4, p799
- ISSN
0882-2689
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10862-020-09831-6