Perceived social-emotional competence is best modeled as a bifactor structure with one global factor and five specific factors among Australian adolescents¶

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q3 i? A bifactor ESEM with a global perceived-SEC factor and five specific factors (assertiveness, tolerance, social regulation, emotion regulation, emotional awareness) fit better than CFA and ESEM alternatives. → Collie 2022

Evidence¶

Collie 2022¶

Collie, R.J. (2022). Perceived social-emotional competence: A multidimensional examination and links with social-emotional motivation and behaviors. Learning and Instruction. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2022.101656

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Confirmatory factor analyses of student self-reports from 414 Australian secondary students compared CFA, ESEM, and bifactor ESEM specifications. The article reports the bifactor ESEM "yielded better fit than the ESEM" with a well-defined global factor and relatively well-defined specific factors.

"The bifactor ESEM yielded better fit than the ESEM, it had a well-defined global-factor (|λ| = .44-.78; M = .63), and relatively well-defined specific-factors (|λ| = .23-.66; M = .38)."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Perceived competence for social regulation negatively predicts external motivation and conduct problems, and perceived competence for tolerance positively predicts autonomous motivation — related
• Global perceived-SEC is positively associated with autonomous motivation, introjected motivation, and prosocial behavior, and negatively with conduct problems — related