A Life Skills Assessment Scale for High School Students in Tehran

Authors

  • Soheila Saraee
  • Somayeh Shabani
  • Robert Pasnak Psychology, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14738/assrj.76.8416

Keywords:

high school students, life skills, measurement scale, standardization

Abstract

A life skills questionnaire was developed based on existing theories. The content validity of the questions was evaluated by educational experts. The resulting life skills questionnaire had 83 questions and ten subscales: empathy, emotion regulation, self-awareness, problem solving, effective communication, interpersonal communication, stress and critical thinking, creative thinking and decision making.  It had good reliability (r = .91) and validity. The confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the proposed ten factor model of the questionnaire. Given its reliability and validity, this scale of life skills can be used as a tool by researchers.

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Published

2020-06-27

How to Cite

Saraee, S. ., Shabani, S., & Pasnak, R. (2020). A Life Skills Assessment Scale for High School Students in Tehran. Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal, 7(6), 400–413. https://doi.org/10.14738/assrj.76.8416

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 6 (2020): Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal

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