Straipsnyje pristatoma Studentų akademinės motyvacijos skalė (SAMS-21), rengta remiantis svarbiausiomis hierarchinio savideterminacijos teorijos modelio prielaidomis ir siekiant išlaikyti jos siūlomą motyvacijos tipų struktūrą. Tyrimo tikslas – sukurti trumpą akademinės motyvacijos vertinimo skalę ir ištirti jos struktūrą bei psichometrines charakteristikas studentų imtyje. Tyrimas vyko dviem etapais, iš viso jame dalyvavo 621 dviejų universitetų įvairias studijų programas studijuojantis studentas. Akademinė motyvacija tirta SAMS-21 skale, siekiant įvertinti konvergentinį ir divergentinį skalės validumą, naudota Bendrosios motyvacijos skalė (GMS-28; Guay, Mageau, & Vallerand, 2003; Urbanaviciute, Kairys, Juodkune, & Liniauskaite, 2013), taip pat studentų klausta apie jų semestro pažymių vidurkį ir pasitenkinimą studijų programa. Gauti rezultatai leidžia išskirti septynis motyvacijos tipus, minimus hierarchiniame motyvacijos modelyje. Atlikta analizė rodo, kad skalė patikima, taip pat surinkta jos validumo įrodymų.

Lietuvoje jau adaptuoti ir naudojami ASEBA grupės klausimynai, skirti vaikų bei paauglių elgesio ir emocijų sunkumams įvertinti. Šiame straipsnyje pristatomos ASEBA suaugusiųjų klausimyno formų – Asmens savęs vertinimo lapo (ASR) ir Asmens vertinimo lapo (ABCL) – lietuviškojo varianto psichometrinės charakteristikos, naudojant reprezentacinės 18–59 metų Lietuvos suaugusiųjų imties duomenis. Tyrimo duomenų analizė parodė pakankamas ASR ir ABCL skalių, skirtų įvertinti elgesio ir emocijų sunkumus, psichometrines charakteristikas. Nustatyta, kad patikimiausios yra Nerimastingumo / depresiškumo ir Agresyvaus elgesio skalės, o mažiausiai patikima Mąstymo sunkumų skalė. ASEBA varianto skalių tarpusavio koreliacijos iš esmės nesiskiria nuo originalaus varianto ir patvirtina klausimyno struktūros bei išvestinių skalių pagrįstumą. Tyrimas parodė, kad Lietuvos suaugusiųjų elgesio ir emocijų sunkumams įvertinti galima naudoti normas, sudarytas remiantis reprezentacinės 18–59 metų imties duomenimis.Pagrindiniai žodžiai: elgesio ir emocijų sunkumai, ASEBA suaugusiųjų klausimyno formų patikimumas ir validumas.The psychometric properties of the Lithuanian version of aseba adult forms Šimulionienė R., Brazdeikienė L., Rugevičius M., Gedutienė R., Žakaitienė A. SummaryASEBA Adult Forms are designed to obtain information about the adaptive and maladaptive functioning of 18–59-aged adults and to facilitate comparisons between people’s perceptions of their own functioning and other people’s perceptions of their functioning. This article presents the major psychometric properties of Syndrome scales of the Lithuanian version of ASEBA Adult forms developed to evaluate behavioral and emotional problems. ASRs (Adult Self-Report) were administered to 18–59-aged adults comprising a random sample drawn from the whole Lithuania (N = 600). ABCL (Adult Behavior Checklist) forms were completed by people nominated by the participants (spouses, partners, friends etc.). After excluding ASRs and ABCLs of participants who reported mental health and substance use problems or did not respond to more than 8 items, the remaining 510 forms were used in data analysis. Four issues were examined: 1) the internal consistency of the forms, 2) item–total correlations, 3) cross-informant agreement, and 4) correlations between scales. Data analysis showed adequate psychometric properties of Syndrome scales. Cronbach’s alphas ranged from 0.62 to 0.95 for different ASR and ABCL scales. The Anxious / Depressed and Aggressive Behavior scales had the highest level of internal consistency, and the Thought Problems scale had the lowest alpha in both forms. The cross-informant correlations ranged from 0.36 for the Thought Problems to 0.61 for the Anxious / Depressed scale. The mean of the Q correlations between 0–1–2 scores on the problem items of ASRs and on the counterpart items of ABCLs was 0.51, indicating the moderate level of agreement between different informants. Correlations between scales confirmed the proposed structure of both forms and derivative scales (Internalizing, Externalizing, and Total Problems). Differences between Lithuanian and USA samples were most strongly expressed among 18–35-aged females and 36–59-aged males. The majority of scale scores in the Lithuanian sample were higher than in the USA sample. The effect size of the differences between Lithuanian and American samples was moderate for most of the scales. Future research is needed to improve the psychometric properties of the Lithuanian version of ASEBA Adult forms.Keywords: behavioral and emotional problems, reliability and validity of ASEBA Adult forms.

Straipsnyje analizuojamos pasitenkinimo privalomąja tarnyba sąsajos su kovinio pasirengimo rodikliais. Naudojant dvi pasitenkinimo tarnyba įvertinimo skales ištirta 211 karių. Gauti rezultatai parodė, kad pasitenkinimas tarnyba yra stabilus rodiklis, mažai kintantis per visą jos laiką. Atlikus pasitenkinimo įverčių klasterinę analizę sudarytos dvi karių grupės: santykinai didesnio pasitenkinimo tarnyba grupę sudarė 113 karių, o santykinai mažesnio – 98 kariai. Palyginus šias grupes nustatytos statistiškai reikšmingos sąsajos tarp karių pasitenkinimo tarnyba ir jų kovinio pasirengimo rodiklių. Daugiau nei 50 proc. (12 iš 22) visų kovinio pasirengimo rodiklių yra geresni santykinai didesnio pasitenkinimo tarnyba karių grupės. PECULIARITIES OF INTERRELATION BETWEEN SATISFACTION WITH THE OBLIGATORY MILITARY SERVICE AND MILITARY READINESSPovilas Žakaitis, Mindaugas Rugevičius SummaryThe present investigation examined the relations between servicemen satisfaction with the military service, demographic variables and military readiness. The study also assessed the dynamic changes of servicemen satisfaction with the military service.Participants: 211 servicemen of obligatory military service in N battalion aged 19–24 years took part. The servicemen satisfaction with the military service was assessed by the Job-Related Affective Well-Being Scale (JAWS) and Job Satisfaction Scale (JSS). Both scales were translated into Lithuanian language with the permission of P. Spector. The servicemen were evaluated twice with JAWS – on the 3rd and 12th months of the service. At the end of 3rd month of the military service servicemen were evaluated with JSS.22 indicators of the military readiness were taken as follows: 2 grades of physical fitness tests; 8 grades of Basic Military Training (BMT) Programme; 6 scores of tactics field training performance and 6 scores that generalize the servicemen military readiness during the whole period of the military service, which were presented by the section commanders.Significant relationships were revealed between the level of the servicemen emotional well-being that was evaluated on the 3rd month and the level of the emotional well-being at the end of the military service (r = 0.63; p < 0.01).The results indicated that the scores of all three evaluations of servicemen satisfaction with the military service are significantly higher among the servicemen descended from countries as compared with the servicemen descended from towns. The differences of satisfaction indicators were not significant among servicemen with higher and lower education.In the result of applying the nonhierarchical clustering k-means method three estimates of satisfaction with the military service grouped the servicemen in two clusters. One group consisted of 113 servicemen of relatively higher satisfaction. The other group consisted of 98 servicemen of relatively lower satisfaction.Comparisons between these groups by means of Mann-Whitney criterion of ranks sum for independent samples showed that the scores of military readiness indicators were higher in the group with higher  satisfaction. More than 50% (12 from 22) of all military readiness indicators differed significantly in these groups.BMT grades as compared revealed that the group with higher satisfaction scored significantly higher on 5 subjects: tactical knowledge (p < 0.001), topography, shooting and musketry, military communication and weapon of mass destruction (p < 0.05). Ratings of tactics field performance as compared differ significantly in three evaluations: tactical proficiency, topography and ability to act in team (p < 0.05). Section commanders evaluated as better the Professional readiness and relations with the service peers in the group of the higher satisfaction with the military service (p < 0.05).To conclude, it seems that the servicemen satisfaction is quite stable during the whole period of the military service. This seems to suggest that the first months of obligatory military service could predict further dynamic changes of the servicemen satisfaction. The satisfaction with the military service is related with the scores of the military readiness. It let us assume that satisfaction with the military service influences in some degree the formation of the servicemen skills and abilities to perform their functions.