STUDY ON THE ADAPTATION OF THE PROBLEM SOLVING INVENTORY (PSI) TO THE ROMANIAN POPULATION

Consecrated studies in scientific literature support the estimation of problem solving as important to teachers, psychologists or researchers. Assessing problem solving is connected to a series of behavioural, cognitive and affective activities in relation to personal approach on problem solving. In view of using the Problem Solving Inventory; P.S.I.; Heppner and Peterson, 1982, studies are necessary to clarify the issue of diversity pertaining to environment, age, gender, psycholinguistic aspects, cultural factors, school environment etc. Within the study implemented in Romania we analyse the P.S.I. experimentally, keeping into account the cultural specifics of a postcommunist country. There in are presented: the methodology, psychometric data for the scale and the results of the Confirmatory Factor Analysis. The results support the reliability of the P.S.I. in the case of Romanian participants.