Judith M Harackiewicz, Cameron A Hecht, Michael W Asher, Patrick N Beymer, Liana B Lamont, Natalie S Wheeler, Nicole M Else-Quest, Stacy J Priniski, Jessi L Smith, Janet S Hyde, Dustin B Thoman
A prosocial value intervention in gateway STEM courses
Journal of personality and social psychology
literature emphasized urgency investing promotion social emotional competence sec adults therefore development theoretically grounded developmentally adjusted measure adequately assesses sec different domains needed study aimed develop selfreport battery assessment adults sec factor structure reliability validity social emotional competence assessment battery adults secaba assessed sevenhundred ninetysix adults 807 female completed secaba subsample 63 elementary school teachers 921 female participated two points time also completed external measures assessing affect emotion regulation burnout symptoms thus making possible test testretest reliability convergent discriminant validities despite sample size variation statistically significant differences groups found secaba scales extraction factors confirmatory factor analysis supported hypothesized factorial structures coefficient omegas suggested adequate internal consistency scores highly correlated two data collection waves also ensuring adequate testretest reliability also evidence secabas convergent discriminant validities external measures results study indicate secaba promising measure adult population nevertheless additional criterionrelated construct validity research needed