Young People-Social Problem-Solving Skills: Development and Psychometric Properties

Salmi Razali; Nor Hidayah Jaris; Iman Mohamed Ali; Sali Rahadi Asih; Nur Faizah Ali; Mohammad Fitri Zainuddin; Nurin Izzati Abdul Wahid; Mohd Ikhwan Ahmad; Farhah Adnan; Fatin Nasuha Mohamad Nasir; Mohd Zuhairi Zainuddin

doi:10.21834/e-bpj.v8i26.5166

Authors

Salmi Razali Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Al-Sultan Abdullah, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia; Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
Nor Hidayah Jaris Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Al-Sultan Abdullah, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia; Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
Iman Mohamed Ali Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Al-Sultan Abdullah, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia; Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
Sali Rahadi Asih Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia
Nur Faizah Ali Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Al-Sultan Abdullah, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia; Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
Mohammad Fitri Zainuddin Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Al-Sultan Abdullah, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
Nurin Izzati Abdul Wahid Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, Malaysia
Mohd Ikhwan Ahmad Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Al-Sultan Abdullah, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
Farhah Adnan Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Al-Sultan Abdullah, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
Fatin Nasuha Mohamad Nasir Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Al-Sultan Abdullah, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
Mohd Zuhairi Zainuddin Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Al-Sultan Abdullah, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v8i26.5166

Keywords:

Malay, social problem, Problem-Solving, questionnaire

Abstract

There is a lack of culturally suitable tools to measure social problem-solving skills among young people in Malaysia. Hence, this study was conducted to determine the reliability and validity of our newly invented 14-item Young People-Social Problem-Solving Skills (YP-SPSS) questionnaire. Cronbach’s alpha analysis shows that YP-SPSS has good reliability (α=0.7640), and the factor loadings for the fourteen items are above 0.5. Exploratory Factor Analysis suggests four factors: emotional awareness, insight into having problems, steps in solving problems, and analyzing the problems. The study shows that this questionnaire is statistically suitable to measure the social problem-solving of young people.

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