Social inclusion level of Spanish and foreign adolescents: Proposal for an evaluation instrument
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Moyano, Manuel; Muelas Lobato, Roberto; Ventsislavova, Petya; Trujillo Mendoza, Humberto ManuelEditorial
Springer
Materia
Scale Social inclusion Social exclusion Youth Psychometric Properties
Date
2020-11Referencia bibliográfica
Moyano, M., Lobato, R. M., Ventsislavova, P., & Trujillo, H. M. (2020). Social inclusion level of Spanish and foreign adolescents: Proposal for an evaluation instrument. Current Psychology, 1-14. [https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-020-01201-5]
Patrocinador
Centro Mixto UGR-MADOC 18/16; Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness DER2015-63857-R; European Union's Internal Security Fund-Police 823683; European Union (EU) DER2015-63857-RRésumé
Social exclusion is one of the most complex and sensitive social problems nowadays. Of all social groups, adolescents are among
the most vulnerable to social exclusion, which can interfere with their social development. Consequently, the evaluation of this
construct in adolescents is an important matter. The aim of this investigation was to develop the Social Inclusion for Adolescents
Scale (SIAS). Firstly, five psychosocial factors were proposed, which potentially contribute to social inclusion: (1) covered
needs, (2) self-efficacy, (3) social support, (4) job training, and (5) social integration. From these five factors, a set of items was
created and reduced using qualitative evaluations. The final set of items was used in three studies, with a Spanish population (N =
1540) and a foreign population (N = 460), to test the psychometric properties of the scale, its dimensional structure, the measurement
invariance between Spanish and foreign people, the reliability of the instrument and the evidence of the validity of its
measurements. The results indicate that this scale is psychometrically reliable enough to assess social inclusion in adolescents.