The Life Skills Assessment Scale: Norms for young people aged 17–19 and 20–22 years
The Life Skills Assessment Scale: Norms for young people aged 17–19 and 20–22 years
Severe poverty, adversity, and malnutrition have irrefutable negative effects on the development and mental health of children and young people. The Life Skills Assessment Scale (LSAS), is a 5-item impact assessment scale developed in India, that provides a simple, yet valid and reliable, instrument to assess life skills of disadvantaged children and young people, with age norms of 8–16 years. In the present study, in Bengaluru, India, we used observational data obtained from 656 disadvantaged young people to extend the LSAS age norms to 17–19 and 20–22 years age groups, resulting in a simple, valid, and reliable assessment tool for children and young people aged from 8 to 22 years.
Developing countries, Disadvantaged young people, Extreme poverty, Failure to thrive, Life Skills Assessment Scale, Life skills, Nongovernmental organizations, Severe adversity
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Pearson, David
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Kennedy, Fiona
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Talreja, Vishal
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Bhat, Suchetha
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Newman-Taylor, Katherine
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1 April 2020
Pearson, David
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Kennedy, Fiona
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Talreja, Vishal
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Bhat, Suchetha
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Newman-Taylor, Katherine
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Pearson, David, Kennedy, Fiona, Talreja, Vishal, Bhat, Suchetha and Newman-Taylor, Katherine
(2020)
The Life Skills Assessment Scale: Norms for young people aged 17–19 and 20–22 years.
Social Behavior and Personality, 48 (4), , [e8938].
(doi:10.2224/sbp.8938).
Abstract
Severe poverty, adversity, and malnutrition have irrefutable negative effects on the development and mental health of children and young people. The Life Skills Assessment Scale (LSAS), is a 5-item impact assessment scale developed in India, that provides a simple, yet valid and reliable, instrument to assess life skills of disadvantaged children and young people, with age norms of 8–16 years. In the present study, in Bengaluru, India, we used observational data obtained from 656 disadvantaged young people to extend the LSAS age norms to 17–19 and 20–22 years age groups, resulting in a simple, valid, and reliable assessment tool for children and young people aged from 8 to 22 years.
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LSAS norms for 17-22 - accepted
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Published date: 1 April 2020
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Developing countries, Disadvantaged young people, Extreme poverty, Failure to thrive, Life Skills Assessment Scale, Life skills, Nongovernmental organizations, Severe adversity
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