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  • Higher education presents challenges impacting student well-being and increasing psychopathological risk.
  • Existing assessments lack focus on non-technical skills vital for student success and adaptation.

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  • To develop and validate the Soft Skills Inventory (SSI) for assessing intra- and interpersonal skills in higher education students.
  • To provide a psychometrically sound instrument for identifying soft skill deficits and informing interventions.

Main Methods:

  • Development of the SSI based on theoretical, empirical, and student-perceived data.
  • Two-stage psychometric testing with 2030 Portuguese students for item calibration, model generation, and validation.
  • Factor analysis identified six key skills: self-determination, resilience, empathy, assertiveness, social support, and teamwork.

Main Results:

  • The validated 49-item SSI demonstrated good internal consistency (alphas .76–.88).
  • Significant gender differences observed: females higher in self-determination, empathy, social support, teamwork; males higher in resilience.
  • No significant gender differences in assertiveness were found.

Conclusions:

  • The Soft Skills Inventory (SSI) is a reliable and valid measure of essential student soft skills.
  • The SSI can guide targeted interventions to enhance student experience and success in higher education.