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Abstract：
The present study aims to validate the 40-item and the brief 17-item Washoe County School District Social-Emotional Competency Assessment (WCSD-SECA), a self-report measure of social-emotional competencies, among Chinese school-aged children residing in Hong Kong. A total of 349 children (M = 9.86 years, SD = 1.22; 45.82% girls) and their parents (77.84% mothers) completed a set of questionnaires independently. The factor structure of both versions of the WCSD-SECA was assessed via confirmatory factor analyses. Structural equation models were then conducted to examine the predictive validity of the WCSD-SECA. The findings indicated that both the 40-item and the 17-item versions of the WCSD-SECA fit the data adequately. Both versions were also associated with self-reported positive and negative affect and parent-reported internalizing problems and externalizing problems. Additionally, social-emotional competencies as measured by the 40-item version were significantly associated with parent-reported prosocial behavior, whereas those as measured by the 17-item version were associated with prosocial behavior with a marginal significance. The findings demonstrated an adequate factor structure and predictive validity of the full version and the brief version of the WCSD-SECA in assessing social-emotional competencies. Hence, they serve as a useful tool for researchers, educators, and mental health practitioners to evaluate school-aged children\'s social-emotional competencies in the Chinese context.
摘要：
本研究旨在验证40项和简短的17项Washoe县学区社会情绪能力评估（WCSD-SECA），自我报告衡量社会情绪能力，居住在香港的中国学龄儿童中。共有349名儿童(M=9.86岁，SD=1.22；45.82％的女孩）及其父母（77.84％的母亲）独立完成了一组问卷。通过验证性因素分析评估了两种版本的WCSD-SECA的因子结构。然后进行结构方程模型来检验WCSD-SECA的预测有效性。调查结果表明，WCSD-SECA的40项和17项版本都充分符合数据。这两个版本也与自我报告的积极和消极影响以及父母报告的内在化问题和外在化问题有关。此外,以40个项目版本衡量的社会情绪能力与父母报告的亲社会行为显着相关，而通过17项版本测量的那些与具有边际意义的亲社会行为相关。研究结果表明，WCSD-SECA的完整版本和简短版本在评估社交情感能力方面具有足够的因素结构和预测有效性。因此，它们是研究人员的有用工具，教育工作者,和心理健康从业者评估中国背景下学龄儿童的社会情绪能力。
