Developmental assets profile (DAP) created by Search Institute which measure 40 required assets for the adolescents' transcendental and positive development is one of the most comprehensive frameworks in the field of positive youth development. The purpose of this study was to investigate the psychometric properties and factor structure of DAP questionnaire using the confirmatory factor analysis in 2018.
To conduct this descriptive cross-sectional study, we investigated 300 female students of the first and second grades in Yazd high schools using the multi-stage sampling method. The data were analyzed by Lisrel 8.80 software. The questionnaire was translated and localized using the standard method. Test re-test method was applied and ICC was calculated as the relative repeatability index to evaluate the questionnaire's reliability. The confirmatory analysis factor was also applied to evaluate the construct validity of the questionnaire. The significance indexes included RMSEA,x2df , GFH, CFL, IFI, and NNFI.
We confirmed the existence of Boundaries and Expectations, Support, Empowerment, and Constructive Use of Time factors in the external assets as well as Positive Values, Social Competencies, Positive Identities, and Commitment to Learning factors in the internal assets. The results showed appropriate validity and reliability for the Persian version of the DAP questionnaire. Goodness of the fit was also confirmed for the factor structure of the questionnaire. According to the results of the present study the Persian version of DAP can be used as an appropriate tool to measure the developmental assets of adolescents in high schools.
