title: Psychometric evaluation of the social experience questionnaire in adolescents: descriptive data, reliability, and factorial validity.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida, Box 100234, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA. estorch@psychiatry.ufl.edu
authors.forename: Eric A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Storch
authors.forename: Heather
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Crisp
authors.forename: Jonathan W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Roberti
authors.forename: Daniel M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Bagner
authors.forename: Carrie
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Masia-Warner
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D010379:Peer Group; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012919:Social Behavior; D012938:Social Perception; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires