Adaptação na transição para a escola: Estudo do questionário de adaptação escolar e da escala de competência social do SSBS-2

Abstract

The psychometric properties of two instruments - the School Adaptation Questionnaire, children and teacher's versions, and the Portuguese version of the Social Competence Scale of the School Social Behavior Scales (SSBS-2) - were analyzed in a sample of 13 preschool teachers, 14 primary school teachers and a total of 328 children attending the last year of pre-school and first grade. The results highlight a structure on two factors with good internal consistency, reliability test - re-test, and construct validity of the teacher's version of the School Adaptation Questionnaire, a one-factor structure, good internal consistency but a weaker temporal stability index of the children's version, and factorial validity and reliability of the Social Competence Scale of SSBS-2. Invariance was checked regarding sex and educational level, allowing for multi-group analysis.