Strengthening School Connectedness to Increase Student Success
Category: Student Well-Being
Instrument Overview
The PSI assesses an individual's awareness and evaluation of his or her problem-solving abilities or style, thus provides a global of that individual as a problem solver.The PSI is a self-reported measure . The PSI consists of 35 six-point Likert items (with 3 filler questions), which constitute 3 factors: Problem-Solving Confidence, Approach-Avoidance Style, and Personal Control. The questions were constructed by the authors as face valid measures of each of the five problem-solving stages, based on a revision of an earlier problem-solving inventory. The items were randomly ordered and written to contain an equal number of positive and negative statements about problem solving. Low scores indicate behaviors and attitudes typically associated with successful problem solving. Subscore(s): Self/Inhibitory Control, Failure Avoidance, Confidence, Problem Solving
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Organization
Topic
Student Well-Being Category
American Institutes for Research® partnered with the Annenberg Institute at Brown University to collect instruments related to student well-being.
Content
Grades
Post secondary
Keywords
Student Well-Being ; Social-Emotional Competence ; Responsible Decision Making ; Self Awareness ; Self Management ; Self/Inhibitory Control ; Failure Avoidance ; Confidence ; Problem Solving
Languages
English
Respondent
Student
Administration Information
Length
10-15 minutes
Administration
Paper
Psychometrics (additional guidance)
Psychometric References
D'Zurilla, T. J., & Nezu, A. M. (1990). Development and preliminary evaluation of the Social Problem-Solving Inventory. Psychological Assessment: A Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2(2), 156-163. https://doi.org/10.1037/1040-3590.2.2.156 Heppner, P. P., & Petersen, C. H. (1982). The development and implications of a personal problem-solving inventory. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 29(1), 66-75. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-0167.29.1.66 Maydeu-Olivares, A., & D'Zurilla, T. J. (1997). The factor structure of the Problem Solving Inventory. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 13(3), 206-215. https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759.13.3.206 Sahin, N., Sahin, N. H., & Heppner, P. P. (1993). Psychometric properties of the problem solving inventory in a group of Turkish university students. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 17(4), 379-396. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01177661
