Nunes, F;
Mota, CP;
Schoon, I;
Ferreira, T;
Matos, PM;
(2022)
Sense of personal agency in adolescence and young adulthood: A preliminary assessment model.
Personality and Individual Differences
, 196
, Article 111754. 10.1016/j.paid.2022.111754.
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Abstract
Although there is a growing interest in the concept of sense of personal agency in adolescence and young adulthood, its operationalization and assessment have been inconsistent. We propose and test a preliminary assessment model of sense of agency combining four of the most relevant indicators suggested by the literature for its assessment (setting goals, optimism, decision-making, and self-efficacy). We conducted three independent studies with young adults [study 1 = 692; study 2 = 410] and adolescents [study 3 = 481] to analyze its psychometric properties. The CFA results revealed a good fit to the data in all three studies. The results of studies 1 and 2 indicate that even though the four dimensions share a significant proportion of variance, they do not assess the overlapping aspects of sense of agency. The findings of study 1 clarified that the proposed measurement model is invariant across sex and different levels of psychosocial risk. The results of study 2 suggest that, as expected, the latent construct of sense of agency is linked to different dimensions of psycho-emotional adjustment of young adults. Lastly, the findings of study 3 revealed that our preliminary model is invariant across three assessment points establishing the measurement longitudinal invariance.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Sense of personal agency in adolescence and young adulthood: A preliminary assessment model |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.paid.2022.111754 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2022.111754 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/bync-nd/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | Social Sciences, Psychology, Social, Psychology, Sense of personal agency, Exploratory model, Youth, Cross-validation, Measurement invariance, LIFE-COURSE, SELF |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Social Research Institute UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10157761 |
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