Developmental Assets Scale; Short Version of the Questionnaire and Psychometric Indicators
zahra aghajani fesharaki
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PhD Student, Counseling Department, Kho. C., Islamic Azad University, Khomeinishahr, Iran
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Mohammadereza Abedi
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Professor, Counseling Department, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran
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Seyed Esmaeil Mosavi
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Asistant Professor, Counseling Department, Kho. C., Islamic Azad University, Khomeinishahr, Iran
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Keywords: Internal developmental assets, external developmental assets, adolescents,
Abstract :
Developmental assets are a set of experiences resources, and opportunities for developmental, each of which plays a role in important health-related outcomes; outcomes that include reducing behaviors that endanger health and increasing positive and progressive outcomes such as academic success, so the purpose of the present study was to examine the validity and reliability of the Developmental Assets Questionnaire. This study was applied in terms of purpose and descriptive survey in terms of method. The statistical population for this study was all students aged 15 to 18 in Isfahan. 120 students were selected using cluster sampling. Structural equation modeling and SmartPLS3 and SPSS 20 software were used to validate the questionnaire. The model for measuring intrinsic and extrinsic developmental assets was fitted to the sample. After modifying the model and removing questions with factor loadings less than 0.4, 35 questions with eight subscales of positive value (6 questions), time use (2 questions), commitment to learning (4 questions), empowerment (4 questions), support (5 questions), social competence (3 questions), limitations (5 questions), and identity (6 questions) were approved in terms of Cronbach's alpha, composite reliability, convergent and divergent validity. Also, the structural model was evaluated and approved with R2 and Q2 indices and the overall model with the GOF index
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