The Methodology of "Responsibility in Adolescents": Development and Description

The article presents the results of the development and standardization of the author’s methodology “Responsibility in Adolescents”, aimed at studying the basic mechanisms of responsibility and the areas of its implementation in the everyday life of older adolescents aged 16-19 years. The study was carried out on a sample of 240 schoolchildren in grades 10-11 and college students 1-2 years old. The methodology includes 27 statements. Its standardization was carried out in accordance with the necessary requirements for testing validity and reliability. Based on the results of exploratory factor analysis, 6 scales were identified that reflect the main components of responsibility: “Support”, “Self-control”, “Conscience”, “Social responsibility”, “Care for the environment”, “Avoidance of responsibility”. The scales have good internal consistency. Checking the convergent validity when comparing the general indicator of responsibility and the indicator of internality of the “Methods for diagnosing the level of subjective control” showed a significant correlation. The good psychometric indicators of the methodology and its portability allow us to recommend it for both individual and group work with adolescents.

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