Social Emotional Health Survey-Secondary (SEHS-S): A Universal Screening Measure of Social-Emotional Strengths for Spanish-Speaking Adolescents
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Title: | Social Emotional Health Survey-Secondary (SEHS-S): A Universal Screening Measure of Social-Emotional Strengths for Spanish-Speaking Adolescents |
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Authors: | Piqueras Rodríguez, José Antonio | Rodríguez-Jiménez, Tíscar | Marzo, Juan C. | Rivera-Riquelme, María | Martínez-González, Agustín Ernesto | Falco, Raquel | Furlong, Michael J. |
Research Group/s: | Grupo de Investigación Integral en el Neurodesarrollo Típico y Atípico (GINTA) |
Center, Department or Service: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Psicología Evolutiva y Didáctica |
Keywords: | Adolescents | Positive mental health | Social and emotional health survey-secondary | Covitality | Measurement |
Knowledge Area: | Psicología Evolutiva y de la Educación |
Issue Date: | 7-Dec-2019 |
Publisher: | MDPI |
Citation: | Piqueras JA, Rodriguez-Jimenez T, Marzo JC, Rivera-Riquelme M, Martinez-Gonzalez AE, Falco R, Furlong MJ. Social Emotional Health Survey-Secondary (SEHS-S): A Universal Screening Measure of Social-Emotional Strengths for Spanish-Speaking Adolescents. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019; 16(24):4982. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16244982 |
Abstract: | The Social Emotional Health Survey-Secondary (SEHS-S), which is a measure of core psychological assets based on a higher-order model of Covitality, is comprised of 36 items and four latent traits (with three measured subscales): belief in self (self-efficacy, self-awareness, and persistence), belief in others (school support, family coherence, and peer support), emotional competence (emotional regulation, behavioral self-control, and empathy), and engaged living (gratitude, zest, and optimism). Previous international studies have supported the psychometric properties of the SEHS-S. The present study extended this research by examining the psychometric properties of a Spanish-language adaptation with a sample of 1042 Spanish adolescents (Mage = 14.49, SD = 1.65.). Confirmatory factor analyses replicated the original factorial structure, with hierarchical omega between 0.66–0.93, with 0.94 for the total score. Factorial invariance across genders revealed small latent mean differences. A path model evaluated concurrent validity, which revealed a significant association between Covitality and bidimensional mental health (psychological distress and well-being). Specifically, correlational analyses showed a negative association with internalizing/externalizing symptoms, and positive associations with subjective well-being, health-related quality of life, and prosocial behaviors. This study provides an example of a culturally relevant adaptation of an international tool to measure student strengths, which is critical to planning school programming and policy. |
Sponsor: | The Ministry of Economy, Industry, and Competitiveness of the Government of Spain (I+D+i Projects, 2017, reference number: PSI2017-88280-R, and Research Networks PSI2015-70943-REDT and PSI2017-90650-REDT) and the Department of Education, Research, Culture, and Sport from Valencian Community of Spain through two grants for the hiring of PhD research assistant awarded to M.R-R. [ACIF/2015/155; VALi+d Program) and R.F. (ACIF/2019/052; VALi+d Program) funded this research. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/109734 |
ISSN: | 1661-7827 (Print) | 1660-4601 (Online) |
DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph16244982 |
Language: | eng |
Type: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Rights: | © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Peer Review: | si |
Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16244982 |
Appears in Collections: | INV - GINTA - Artículos de Revistas |
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