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Validation of the French-Canadian Version of the Positive Youth Development Scale-Short Form (PYD-SF)
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Jiseul Sophia Ahn; André Plamondon; Maxim Bouchard; Anne-Sophie Denault – Applied Developmental Science, 2024
The Positive Youth Development Scale-Short Form (PYD-SF) is a 34-item questionnaire assessing the Five Cs model of PYD that has received little interest in contexts outside of the United States. This study aimed to validate the PYD-SF for use with older adolescents in a French-Canadian context, by testing the bifactor structure and examining its…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Late Adolescents, High School Students, Grade 9
The Development and Psychometric Properties of a Scalable Digital Measure of Social and Emotional Wellbeing for Middle Childhood
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Kate Freiberg; Ross Homel; Sara Branch; Jacqueline Allen; Tara Renae McGee; Daniela Vasco; Kathy Haskard – Applied Developmental Science, 2024
The need for a new measure of social-emotional wellbeing for children 6--12 years emerged in our collaboration with schools and community agencies in a disadvantaged region of Brisbane, Australia. Our search for an age-appropriate medium led us to develop "Clowning Around", a computer game generating data which was assessed for validity…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Measures (Individuals), Social Development, Emotional Development
Chinese Life Purpose Orientation Questionnaire: Assessing Purpose Orientations among Chinese College Students
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Wang, Tong; You, Xu Qun; Huang, Xi Ting – Applied Developmental Science, 2022
Life-purpose orientations can highly influence people's life paths and well-being. However, existing psychological measurements tend to dismiss the need for assessing the individual's life purpose orientations, especially in non-Western cultures. This study sought to develop a new measure to assess purpose orientations specific to the Chinese…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Student Attitudes, Goal Orientation
Psychometric Properties of the Brief Infant-Toddler Social and Emotional Assessment (BITSEA) in Two-Year-Old Ivorian and Ghanaian Children
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Barthel, Dana; Kriston, Levente; Guo, Nan; Yao, Esther Doris; Armel, Koffi Ekissi Jean; Fordjour, Daniel; Mohammed, Yasmin; Kotchi, Carine Esther Bony; Eberhardt, Kirsten Alexandra; Hinz, Rebecca; Ehrhardt, Stephan; Bindt, Carola – Applied Developmental Science, 2022
There is a lack of feasible and psychometrically sound instruments assessing social-emotional development in young children in low- and middle-income countries. The objective of this cross-sectional study was to investigate the psychometric properties of the Brief Infant-Toddler Social and Emotional Assessment (BITSEA) in two West-African…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychometrics, Social Development, Emotional Development
Development of the Short Critical Consciousness Scale (ShoCCS)
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Matthew A. Diemer; Michael B. Frisby; Andres Pinedo; Emanuele Bardelli; Erin Elliot; Elise Harris; Sara McAlister; Adam M. Voight – Applied Developmental Science, 2022
Critical consciousness represents the analysis and critique of structural inequalities, the motivation and perceived capacity to effect change, and social action to redress inequity. A wave of recent instruments measuring critical consciousness has been rigorously validated. Yet, whether these measures efficiently assess different levels of…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Measures (Individuals), Construct Validity, Test Reliability
Italian Version of the Family Almost Perfect Scale: Psychometric Characteristics and Relationships with Academic Engagement, Self-Esteem, and Personal Perfectionism
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Filippello, Pina; Buzzai, Caterina; Sorrenti, Luana; Costa, Sebastiano; Abramo, Annarita; Wang, Kennet T. – Applied Developmental Science, 2021
The aim of this manuscript is to examine the perceived parental perfectionism in undergraduate Italian students. Study 1 aimed at exploring the factorial structure, reliability, and construct validity of the Italian version of the Family Almost Perfect Scale (FAPS). The aim of Study 2 was to cross-validate the FAPS structure with a different…
Descriptors: Italian, Personality Measures, Undergraduate Students, Parent Attitudes