Evaluation of factor structure and validation of the electronic form of the Life Skills Scale in ten-year-old children

Introduction: The Validation of Life Skills Questionnaire can help to assess life skills in ten-year-old children; Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the validation of the electronic form of the Life Skills Scale in ten-year-old children. Method: This study is a tool psychometry that the statistical population included all ten-year-old children in Kerman province. The number of samples was determined based on psychometric criteria to be 100 for the predictive validity section and 430 for the construct validity section. Research data were collected electronically through two questionnaires on the life skills of Cronin and Allen (2017) and the life skills of Sharma (2003) by sending the link of the questionnaire to the mobile phones of parents of children. Content validity, convergent, and construct validity methods were used to evaluate the validity of the scale. The reliability of the scale was assessed by internal consistency methods and class reliability. Results: The results of exploratory factor analysis showed that the researcher-made scale consists of eight factors and has good validity and reliability. The second-order confirmatory factor analysis also confirmed the eight-factor model. This questionnaire was administered along with the short form of the Sharma Life Skills Scale (2003) which had a significant correlation between the two questionnaires also Cronbach's alpha coefficient for all questions and dimension questions were all greater than 0.7. Therefore, Cronin and Allen Life Skills Scale (2017) with 43 items has good reliability and validity in 10-year-old Iranian children. Conclusion: The Cronin and Allen Life Skills Scale (2017) questionnaire can be used to assess life skills in ten-year-old children.