title: Social Problem-Solving Inventory for Adolescents (SPSI-A): development and preliminary psychometric evaluation.
abstract: This article describes a multiphase developmental process and psychometric evaluation of the Social Problem-Solving Inventory for Adolescents (SPSI-A). The SPSI-A consists of the following three scales: Automatic Process, Problem Orientation, and Problem-Solving Skills. The three subscales of the Problem Orientation Scale include Cognition, Emotion, and Behavior. The four subscales of the Problem-Solving Skills scale consist of Problem Identification, Alternative Generation, Consequence Prediction, and Implementation/Evaluation/Reorganization. Preliminary internal consistency, stability, content, construct, and criterion validity data are presented for freshmen and sophomore high school students. Collectively, the data provide evidence that the SPSI-A is a promising measure of adolescent problem-solving skills and motivation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation Western Michigan University, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Frauenknecht
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Black
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011340:Problem Solving; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results