Inventory of socioemotional skills and mental health for professors in higher education: Validity of content

Abstract

Considering that socioemotional skills and mental health have a high rate of incidence within all educational processes, the construction of an evaluation instrument it is offered, denominated Inventory of Socioemotional Skills and Mental Health for Professors (IHSM-P) of Higher Education. A documental analysis was performed for the definition of two dimensions, each one with 40 items and six areas. After its construction, the inventory was subject to the revision of five experts, the judgment of 20 experts, and a pilot trial of the instrument with 21 professors. After the revision of the experts, the improvement of the instrument was done and through the judgment of the experts it was revealed the validity of content (Aiken's V>0.80; LCI>0.75), in terms of pertinence and writing of the items. Throughout the pilot trial, it was identified a good grade of comprehension of instructions and of the items. For orientation purposes, the consistency analysis was made, where good reliability was obtained (Cronbach's Alpha: 0.84). It is acknowledged that the validity of content is a relevant psychometric quality, although, the need to amplify the sample is required in order to proceed with the analysis process of the psychometric qualities, more specifically, to confirm the reliability and analyze the attribute of validity of construct, which is referred to as the main attribute of validity.