Psychometric properties of self-sufficiency assessment tools in adolescents in vocational education

BMC Psychology

Table 5 Concurrent validity: correlations between professionals’ and adolescents’ ratings of self-sufficiency and related constructs

Self-sufficiency	Related constructs	Correlation
		With professionals’ self-sufficiency rating (n = 224)	With adolescents’ self-sufficiency rating (n = 581)
Total self-sufficiency score	Mental health-related quality of life (SF-12)^a	0.21^b	0.46^b
	Physical health-related quality of life (SF-12)^a	0.12^b,f	0.28^b
Finances	Debts	−0.66^c	−0.74^c
Day-time activities	Not-permitted school absenteeism	−0.26^d	−0.17^d
	Permitted school absenteeism	0.01^d,f	−0.11^d
Housing	Homelessness	−0.41^e,f	−0.39^e
Mental health	Mental health status (MHI-5)^g	0.30^d	0.60^d
	Depressive symptoms (CES-D)	−0.33^c	−0.59^d
	Mental health-related quality of life (SF-12)^a	0.29^d	0.54^d
Physical health	Physical health-related quality of life (SF-12)^a	0.10^d,f	0.33^d
	Permitted school absenteeism	−0.08^d,f	−0.13^d
Addiction	Alcoholic drinks: 5 or more on 1 occasion	−0.30^c	−0.39^c
	Alcohol: drunk or tipsy	−0.41^c	−0.53^c
	Soft drug use	−0.53^c	−0.53^c
Community participation	Not-permitted school absenteeism	−0.20^d	0.03^d,f
	Permitted school absenteeism	−0.11^d,f	−0.04^d,f
Judicial	Delinquency	−0.41^c	−0.58^c

^aA higher score indicates a better quality of life
^bPearson correlation
^cPolychoric correlation
^dPolyserial correlation
^eRank biseral correlation
^fNon-significant correlations; all other correlations were significant at p <0.05
^gA higher score indicates less mental health problems

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