Developing a New Tool for International Youth Programs

IF 3.2 3区 心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED European Journal of Psychological Assessment Pub Date : 2023-06-29 DOI:10.1027/1015-5759/a000770
C. Omoeva, Nina Menezes Cunha, P. Kyllonen, Sarah Gates, Andres Martinez, H. Burke
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Abstract: We developed and evaluated the YouthPower Action Youth Soft Skills Assessment (YAYSSA), a self-report soft skills measure. The YAYSSA targets 15- to 19-year-old youth in lower resource environments. In Study 1, we identified 16 key constructs based on a review of those associated with positive youth outcomes in sexual and reproductive health, violence prevention, and workforce success. We adapted promising items measuring those constructs from existing and openly available tools. We conducted cognitive interviews with 50 youth from six schools in Uganda, for wording and response formats, leading to a first draft tool. In Study 2 we administered that tool to N = 1,098 youth in 59 schools in Uganda. Confirmatory factor analyses did not support the hypothesized 16-factor structure, but exploratory factor analyses suggested a four-factor solution (Positive self-concept, Higher-order thinking skills, Social and Communication skills, and Negative self-concept). In Study 3, a revised tool was administered to Uganda youth ( N = 1,010, 59 sites). After cognitive testing with 45 youth in Guatemala, the tool was administered to youth ( N = 794; 59 sites) in Guatemala once, then 5 months later, with a mixture of retested and new participants ( N = 784; 67 sites). Factor analytic results supported the four-factor structure with 48 retained items and indicated that the instrument was reliable by internal consistency and test-retest correlations. The instrument correlated with demographic variables and outcomes in expected directions. We found evidence for measurement invariance across country, country and gender, country and socioeconomic status, and time. We discuss implications for scale validation and use in future research.
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摘要:我们开发并评估了青年力量行动青年软技能评估(YAYSSA),这是一种自我报告的软技能测量方法。该计划的目标是资源匮乏环境中的15至19岁青年。在研究1中,我们根据对青少年在性健康和生殖健康、暴力预防和职场成功方面的积极成果相关因素的回顾,确定了16个关键结构。我们采用了有希望的项目,从现有的和公开可用的工具中测量这些结构。我们对来自乌干达六所学校的50名青年进行了认知访谈,以了解措辞和回答格式,从而产生了第一份草稿工具。在研究2中,我们对乌干达59所学校的1098名青少年使用了该工具。验证性因子分析不支持假设的16个因素结构,但探索性因子分析提出了一个四因素解决方案(积极自我概念、高阶思维技能、社交和沟通技能、消极自我概念)。在研究3中,对乌干达青年(N = 1,010, 59个地点)使用了一种修订后的工具。在危地马拉对45名青少年进行认知测试后,将该工具应用于青少年(N = 794;在危地马拉的59个地点),然后是5个月后,重新测试的参与者和新的参与者(N = 784;67网站)。因子分析结果支持四因子结构,保留了48个项目,并通过内部一致性和重测相关性表明该工具是可靠的。该工具与人口变量和预期方向的结果相关。我们发现了国家、国家和性别、国家和社会经济地位以及时间之间测量不变性的证据。我们讨论了对未来研究的规模验证和使用的影响。
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期刊介绍: The main purpose of the EJPA is to present important articles which provide seminal information on both theoretical and applied developments in this field. Articles reporting the construction of new measures or an advancement of an existing measure are given priority. The journal is directed to practitioners as well as to academicians: The conviction of its editors is that the discipline of psychological assessment should, necessarily and firmly, be attached to the roots of psychological science, while going deeply into all the consequences of its applied, practice-oriented development.
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