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The Delaware Social-Emotional Competency Scale (DSECS-S): Evidence of Validity and Reliability

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  • Lindsey S. Mantz

    (University of Delaware)

  • George G. Bear

    (University of Delaware)

  • Chunyan Yang

    (University of California)

  • Angela Harris

    (University of Delaware)

Abstract

The Delaware Social-Emotional Competency Scale (DSECS-S) was developed to provide schools with a brief, inexpensive, and psychometrically sound self-report scale to assess students’ social-emotional competencies. Confirmatory factor analyses, conducted on a sample of 32,414 students from 126 public elementary, middle, and high schools in Delaware, showed that a second-order model consisting of four specific factors and one general factor (social-emotional competence) best represented the data. Those four factors are represented in the four subscales of the DSECS-S: Responsible Decision Making, Relationship Skills, Self-Management, and Social Awareness. The scale’s factor structure was shown to be consistent across grade levels (i.e., elementary, middle, and high school), racial–ethnic groups (i.e., White, Black, Hispanic/Latino, Asian, and Multi-racial), and gender. As evidence of the scale’s criterion-related validity, the total social-emotional competency score correlated significantly and positively with students’ self-reported cognitive, behavioral, emotional, and total engagement. At the school level, social-emotional competence correlated positively with school-level academic achievement and negatively with suspensions/expulsions.

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  • Lindsey S. Mantz & George G. Bear & Chunyan Yang & Angela Harris, 2018. "The Delaware Social-Emotional Competency Scale (DSECS-S): Evidence of Validity and Reliability," Child Indicators Research, Springer;The International Society of Child Indicators (ISCI), vol. 11(1), pages 137-157, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:chinre:v:11:y:2018:i:1:d:10.1007_s12187-016-9427-6
    DOI: 10.1007/s12187-016-9427-6
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    1. Nerea Martinez-Yarza & Rosa Santibáñez & Josu Solabarrieta, 2023. "A Systematic Review of Instruments Measuring Social and Emotional Skills in School-Aged Children and Adolescents," Child Indicators Research, Springer;The International Society of Child Indicators (ISCI), vol. 16(4), pages 1475-1502, August.

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