ERIC Number: EJ1106721
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016-Aug
Pages: 9
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ISSN: ISSN-0734-2829
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Psychometric Properties of the Social and Emotional Health Survey with a Small Sample of Academically At-Risk Adolescents
Renshaw, Tyler L.
Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, v34 n5 p487-495 Aug 2016
The present study examines the psychometric properties of the Social and Emotional Health Survey (SEHS), which is a 32-item self-report behavior rating scale for assessing youths' social-emotional competencies, with a small sample (N = 77) of academically at-risk students attending a limited-residency charter school. This study is the first to explore the technical adequacy of the SEHS with a concentrated sample of at-risk youth in an alternative school context, located in a different geographic locale compared with the SEHS's original development samples. Findings indicate that the SEHS composite scales were internally reliable and demonstrated internal convergent validity with each other as well as external discriminant validity with indicators of teacher-reported internalizing and externalizing symptoms. Results also indicate that several of the SEHS's subscales had poor internal reliability in the present sample, and thus the usefulness of the subscales for applied purposes seems questionable. Limitations of the present study and implications for future research and practice are discussed.
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Adolescent Attitudes, At Risk Students, Educationally Disadvantaged, Self Disclosure (Individuals), Behavior Rating Scales, Interpersonal Competence, Emotional Development, Affective Measures, Well Being, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Likert Scales, Test Reliability, Test Validity
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 6; Intermediate Grades; Middle Schools; Elementary Education; Grade 7; Junior High Schools; Secondary Education; Grade 8
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Language: English
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