TY - JOUR
T1 - Psychometric evaluation of the social experience questionnaire in adolescents
T2 - Descriptive data, reliability, and factorial validity
AU - Storch, Eric A.
AU - Crisp, Heather
AU - Roberti, Jonathan W.
AU - Bagner, Daniel M.
AU - Masia-Warner, Carrie
PY - 2005/12
Y1 - 2005/12
N2 - This study evaluated the psychometric properties of the Social Experience Questionnaire (SEQ) in a sample of 1158 adolescents aged 13-17 years. Confirmatory factor analysis fit indices supported the hypothesized three-factor model of the SEQ that assesses overt and relational victimization, and prosocial behaviors from peers. Analyses of gender differences revealed that boys reported being overtly victimized more than girls, and girls reported greater receipt of prosocial behaviors from peers than boys. No gender differences in relational victimization were found. The internal consistency was adequate across gender, and test-retest stability over 12 months was modest. Intercorrelations among overt and relational victimization subscales suggest that these subscales assess related, but relatively independent constructs of peer victimization. These findings support the use of the SEQ with adolescents.
AB - This study evaluated the psychometric properties of the Social Experience Questionnaire (SEQ) in a sample of 1158 adolescents aged 13-17 years. Confirmatory factor analysis fit indices supported the hypothesized three-factor model of the SEQ that assesses overt and relational victimization, and prosocial behaviors from peers. Analyses of gender differences revealed that boys reported being overtly victimized more than girls, and girls reported greater receipt of prosocial behaviors from peers than boys. No gender differences in relational victimization were found. The internal consistency was adequate across gender, and test-retest stability over 12 months was modest. Intercorrelations among overt and relational victimization subscales suggest that these subscales assess related, but relatively independent constructs of peer victimization. These findings support the use of the SEQ with adolescents.
KW - Adolescents
KW - Peer victimization
KW - Reliability
KW - Social experience questionnaire
KW - Validity
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=26844571080&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s10578-005-3495-z
DO - 10.1007/s10578-005-3495-z
M3 - Article
C2 - 16228145
AN - SCOPUS:26844571080
SN - 0009-398X
VL - 36
SP - 167
EP - 176
JO - Child Psychiatry and Human Development
JF - Child Psychiatry and Human Development
IS - 2
ER -