ERIC Number: EJ1019524
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013-Dec
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-0734-2829
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The Socio-Emotional Guidance Questionnaire (SEG-Q): Construct Validity and Invariance across Teacher Groups
Jacobs, Karen; Struyf, Elke; De Maeyer, Sven
Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, v31 n6 p538-553 Dec 2013
Since facilitating the fullest development of each student in terms of enriching their intellectual development as well as their personal, social, and emotional development has become an important objective, social and emotional guidance has become an integral part of education. This recent acknowledgment has stimulated research interest into how to measure, evaluate, and optimize guidance activities in schools. This interest, however, is contingent on a valid assessment of integrated socioemotional guidance, which despite the growing attention still remains a problem. This study therefore aims to investigate the validity and generalizability of the Socio-Emotional Guidance Questionnaire (SEG-Q). Measurement invariance across three groups of teachers teaching in different stages of secondary education (Total "n" = 3,336) was tested, by means of multigroup confirmatory factor analyses (MGCFA) in Mplus. The results show partial invariance of the SEG-Q across the teacher groups, confirming that the SEG-Q is a psychometrically sound self-report instrument for secondary education teachers which can be used by researchers and practitioners to measure, map, describe, or evaluate integrated socioemotional guidance.
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Construct Validity, School Guidance, Social Development, Emotional Development, Secondary School Teachers, Factor Analysis, Measurement, Test Validity, Factor Structure, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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