Character in Childhood and Early Adolescence: Models and Measurement

Autor/inn/en	Wang, Jun; Hilliard, Lacey J.; Hershberg, Rachel M.; Bowers, Edmond P.; Chase, Paul A.; Champine, Robey B.; Buckingham, Mary H.; Braun, Dylan A.; Gelgoot, Erin S.; Lerner, Richard M.
Titel	Character in Childhood and Early Adolescence: Models and Measurement
Quelle	In: Journal of Moral Education, 44 (2015) 2, S.165-197 (33 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-7240
DOI	10.1080/03057240.2015.1040381
Schlagwörter	Moral Values; Children; Early Adolescents; Measurement; Youth Programs; Urban Areas; Test Validity; Comparative Analysis; Correlation; Scores; Gender Differences; Individual Characteristics; Competence; Self Control; Self Esteem; Parent Attitudes; Academic Achievement; Racial Differences; Ethnic Groups; Socioeconomic Status; Child Behavior; Questionnaires; Statistical Analysis; Pennsylvania; Self Perception Profile for Children + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Child; Kind; Kinder; Messverfahren; Jugendsofortprogramm; Urban area; Stadtregion; Testvalidität; Korrelation; Geschlechterkonflikt; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Kompetenz; Selbstbeherrschung; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Elternverhalten; Schulleistung; Rassenunterschied; Ethnie; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Fragebogen; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	In recent years, the construct of character has received substantial attention among developmental scientists, but no consensus exists about the content and structure of character, especially among children and early adolescents. In a study of positive development among racially diverse Cub Scouts in the greater Philadelphia area, we assessed the construct and concurrent validity of a new measure of character, the Assessment of Character in Children and Early Adolescents (ACCEA), among 906 Scouts (mean age = 8.84 years, SD = 1.39 years) and 775 non-Scout boys and girls (mean age = 8.92, SD = 1.64). We identified an eight-correlated-factor model as providing the best fit with our data. We further established measurement invariance and explored latent mean differences for ACCEA scores across two Scout groups (with or without a higher-level program leader), non-Scout boys and non-Scout girls. Girls were generally superior than boys on all character attributes. We further examined concurrent validity of ACCEA by correlating the character attributes with youth sense of school competence, intentional self-regulation and parental perception of youth school performance. We discuss implications for future character research and point to the value of the ACCEA measure being used by practitioners in character development programs. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01