A tool development on SEL’s responsible decision making among college students: An initial validation

• Main Author: Quiamno, Diosdado B., Jr.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2021
• Subjects: Decision making in adolescence; College students—Psychology; Psychology; Social and Behavioral Sciences
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/13212
• Institution: De La Salle University

Responsible Decision Making is an important competency in which college students are always confronted with from simple to complex choices in life. The kind of choices that an individual embark into will affect their future and their well-being. In this study, the researcher uses the Social Emotional Learning (SEL) theory as its framework as it initially aimed to develop items that measures students’ responsible decision making with its sub-constructs namely identifying problems, analyzing situations, solving problems, evaluating, reflecting and ethical responsibility. Review of literature resulted to the construction of 60 items with its corresponding 10 items per sub-construct. Content validity was based on the evaluation, thorough review and consensus of five (5) experts coming from the different fields of Psychology, Counseling and Educational Measurement. Results revealed items that are acceptable, rejected and for revision. Implications of this attempt led to the use of the items in assessing the responsible decision-making competency of the college students that would result to the development of appropriate interventions for the students when faced with either easy or difficult situation in their college life.