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ERIC Number: EJ1182969
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018-Jul
Pages: 18
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ISSN: ISSN-1381-2890
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Development and Validation of the School Social Judgment Scale for Children: Their Judgment of the Self to Foster Achievement at School
Chauvin, Bruno; Demont, Elisabeth; Rohmer, Odile
Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, v21 n3 p585-602 Jul 2018
Positive judgments on the Self are good predictors of academic achievement. It could be useful to benefit from an instrument able to assess how pupils elaborate self-judgments. So far, such a tool does not exist. The purpose of the present study was to develop a self-report measure of social judgment for children at school (the School Social Judgment Scale--SSJS). 660 pupils completed a questionnaire addressing 12 socio-academic behaviors. An exploratory factor analysis highlighted a four-factor structure of social judgment (Assertiveness, Competence, Effort and Agreeability). A Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) provided further support for this model, both in terms of factorial and construct validity. Reliability ranged from questionable to good depending on SSJS subscales. Multigroup CFA revealed invariance of the SSJS across gender and showed that boys had higher scores than girls for the assertiveness scale. Overall, the SSJS represents an efficient tool to better understand how social judgment for children works. As such, it could assist professionals of education to develop suitable educational support to assist poorly performing children at school.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
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Language: English
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