Creating a Tool to Measure Children's Wellbeing: A PSS Intervention in South Sudan

Autor/inn/en	Olayemi, Moses; Tucker, Melissa; Choul, Mamour; Purekal, Tom; Benitez, Arlene; Wheaton, Wendy; DeBoer, Jennifer
Titel	Creating a Tool to Measure Children's Wellbeing: A PSS Intervention in South Sudan
Quelle	In: Journal on Education in Emergencies, 7 (2021) 2, S.104-151 (48 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2518-6833
Schlagwörter	Well Being; Conflict; Foreign Countries; Elementary School Students; Outcomes of Education; International Organizations; Emergency Programs; Nongovernmental Organizations; Teacher Education; Intervention; Academic Achievement; Consortia; Factor Analysis; Coping; Resilience (Psychology); Measurement Techniques; War; Student Attitudes; Student Surveys; Measures (Individuals); Mental Health; Health Services; Social Services; Sudan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Konflikt; Ausland; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; International organisation; International organisations; International organization; Internationale Organisation; Hilfsprogramm; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Schulleistung; Vereinigung; Faktorenanalyse; Bewältigung; Messtechnik; Krieg; Schülerverhalten; Schülerbefragung; Messdaten; Psychohygiene; Health service; Gesundheitsdienst; Gesundheitswesen; Social service; Soziale Dienstleistung; Soziale Dienste
Abstract	Since 2015, more than 560,000 South Sudanese primary school children have received psychosocial support (PSS) through the USAID-funded Integrated Essential Emergency Education Services program implemented by UNICEF. Several South Sudan-based nongovernmental organizations partnered with UNICEF to train local teachers to implement the PSS activities in child-friendly spaces. To evaluate the impact this intervention had on students' wellbeing and academic performance, a multi-institutional consortium of multidisciplinary partners purposively sampled 2,982 students and 580 teachers in 64 schools from five states in the Republic of South Sudan. Critical to the evaluation's aims was the design of a contextually relevant, rigorously validated instrument to measure students' wellbeing in a region where research on PSS outcomes in education in emergencies is needed. In this article, we first present the process by which these survey instruments were designed through the collaborative efforts of experts on measuring psychosocial support outcomes in conflict settings and experts on the local context. We then describe how we tested for the construct validity of the resulting instrument and present the results of our confirmatory factor analysis of its three-factor model of social wellbeing, emotional wellbeing, and resilience/coping. Finally, based on our process and the resulting instrument, we make recommendations for future research on PSS outcomes in emergency settings. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01