University students evaluation of psychosocial problems scale

Nsereko, N.  David

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dc.contributor.author	Nsereko, N. David
dc.date.accessioned	2022-01-12T08:43:19Z
dc.date.available	2022-01-12T08:43:19Z
dc.date.issued	2017-10
dc.identifier.citation	Nsereko, N. D. (2017) University students evaluation of psychosocial problems scale, Nkumba Business Journal	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1564-068X
dc.identifier.uri	https://pub.nkumbauniversity.ac.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/552
dc.description	Research article	en_US
dc.description.abstract	The University Students Evaluation of Psychosocial Problems (USEPP) scale is a multidimensional, self-administered psychological instrument measuring psychosocial problems among university students. It discriminates university students with or without psychosocial problems and it can predict psychological distress. The scale can be applied for research purposes and for clinical evaluation. The scale development was premised on a rationalempirical approach utilizing two theories/models. Namely, the Vulnerability-ExperienceManifestation-Prevalence model (Chun, Eastman, Sue, & Wang, 1998) to build a grounded theory for the instrument-items generation that could depict those personal and environmental factors and experiences of psychosocial problems among the students. And the Item Response Theory, specifically, the derivative Structural Equation Modelling (SEM), a statistical multivariate analysis technique (Crockett, 2012) used toward creating a psychometrically sound instrument focused on the unique contextual environment of university students in a developing world. Experts in instrument development look at SEM as a „must‟ for social scientists when designing new instruments and validating existing ones (Hooper, Coughlan, & Mullen, 2008)	en_US
dc.description.sponsorship	Nkumba University	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Nkumba Business Journal	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Volume 16;
dc.subject	Psychosocial Problems	en_US
dc.subject	Self-administered	en_US
dc.title	University students evaluation of psychosocial problems scale	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US