Mapping self-report questionnaires for socio-emotional characteristics: What do they measure?

• Autor(a) principal: PRIMI, Ricardo
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: SANTOS, Daniel Domingues dos, HAUCK, Nelson, FRUYT, Filip De, JOHN, Oliver Peter
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Estudos de Psicologia (Campinas)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.puc-campinas.edu.br/estpsi/article/view/7392
• topic: Big Five; Large-scale educational assessment; Socio-emotional learning; 21st Century skills; Cinco grandes fatores; Avaliação em larga escala; Aprendizagem socioemocional; Competências do Século 21

Whereas the structure of individual differences in many social and emotional attributes is well understood in adults, much less work has been done in children and adolescents. The main goals of this research were to specify the major content domains that are assessed across multiple socioemotional instruments (self-esteem, grit, self-efficacy, strengths and difficulties, Big Five) in research in the United States and Europe, to test them in a less developed context with considerable educational challenges (Brazilian schools). We selected the five most promising instruments and studied their structure at the item level in a large sample of Brazilian school students (N = 3,023). The extracted factors to capture the major domains of child differences represented in these instruments closely resembled the Big Five personality dimensions. We discuss the contribution of our fi ndings to the assessment of socio-emotional skills in education research, as well as limitations of the current study, and suggestions for future research.