Validation of Social Emotional Competence tools in Chinese university students reveals strong outcomes, suggesting effective assessment methods.
Key Points
The Social Emotional Competence Questionnaire demonstrated high internal consistency and strong construct validity, supporting its use.
Exploratory factor analysis indicated a new three-factor structure for the Social-Emotional Learning Scale, highlighting areas needing further refinement.
Study 1 focused on preliminary psychometric evaluation with 195 students, while Study 2 involved a larger validation sample of 540.
These findings underscore challenges in adapting assessments for different cultural contexts, indicating a need for cross-cultural validation.