Tommaso Feraco, Nicole Casali, Gerardo Pellegrino, Christopher J Soto, Christopher M Napolitano, Barbara Carretti, Chiara Meneghetti
The importance of social, emotional, and behavioral (SEB) skills is recognized worldwide, but their measurement has always been a challenge. The BESSI measures 32 SEB skills, divided into five domains (social engagement, cooperation, self-management, emotional resilience, and innovation), but its validity must be expanded to new languages and contexts. Across two studies ( N1 = 990, N2 = 824) we developed the Italian version of the BESSI, provided further support for its convergent and discriminant validity with the Big Five, and expanded its nomological network to procrastination, self-efficacy, and emotion regulation...
April 8, 2024: Journal of Personality Assessment