Download or read book The Development and Validation of a Scale for Measuring Social Competence in Young Children written by William C. Work and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Measuring Social Competence in Preschool aged Children Through the Examination of Play Behaviors written by Eun-Yeop Lee and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ABSTRACT: For young children, a primary component of social competence is establishing effective interactions with peers during play. To inform the development of practices that promote this competency starting in early childhood, quality assessment measures are needed. These instruments must have the capacity to establish linkages between the home and school as well as utilizing multiple informants. A promising early childhood assessment measure is the Penn Interactive Peer Play Scale (PIPPS), which is a rating scale created with parent and teacher versions. Previous research has established its validity for preschoolers from among various populations. The purpose of this study was to examine the validity of the PIPPS system in a population of preschool children, by investigating: (1) the concurrent validity of parent and teacher versions of the PIPPS and a standardized assessment measure of social competence (PKBS-2 Social Skills Scale); (2) the relationship between teacher/parent ratings and child gender; (3) the relationships between the teacher and parent versions of the PIPPS; and (4) the predictive validity of teacher and parent ratings on the PIPPS and PKBS-2 with level of communication between the two parties. To meet inclusion criteria, teachers and parents had to have contact with preschool students ages 3-5 years enrolled in a preschool classroom for at least 4 months, and who were proficient in either English and/or Spanish. In total, across the three participating preschool centers, 50 students were found eligible to participate in this study and 32 students returned with completed packets parent rating scales (64%). Results indicated some relationship between the parent and teacher versions of the PIPPS and PKBS-2 Social Skills rating systems as well as the influence of communication level. However, there were no statistically significant findings for the influence of gender on these ratings. There were several limitations to the external validity of the results of this study. Limitations included sample bias and the use of self-report questionnaires. Implications and future directions for research are discussed.
Download or read book The Measurement of Social Competence written by Edgar Arnold Doll and published by American Guidance Service. This book was released on 1953 with total page 702 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This volume presents the Vineland Social Maturity Scale for the measurement of social competence. It elaborates previous preliminary publications and includes the background of the method, detailed manual, basic data, preliminary standardization and validation, illustrative group and clinical application"--Introduction. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved).
Download or read book Practitioner s Guide to Empirically Based Measures of Social Skills written by Douglas W. Nangle and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-12-16 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social skills are at the core of mental health, so much so that deficits in this area are a criterion of clinical disorders, across both the developmental spectrum and the DSM. The Practitioner’s Guide to Empirically-Based Measures of Social Skills gives clinicians and researchers an authoritative resource reflecting the ever growing interest in social skills assessment and its clinical applications. This one-of-a-kind reference approaches social skills from a social learning perspective, combining conceptual background with practical considerations, and organized for easy access to material relevant to assessment of children, adolescents, and adults. The contributors’ expert guidance covers developmental and diversity issues, and includes suggestions for the full range of assessment methods, so readers can be confident of reliable, valid testing leading to appropriate interventions. Key features of the Guide: An official publication of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Describes empirically-based assessment across the lifespan. Provides in-depth reviews of nearly 100 measures, their administration and scoring, psychometric properties, and references. Highlights specific clinical problems, including substance abuse, aggression, schizophrenia, intellectual disabilities, autism spectrum disorders, and social anxiety. Includes at-a-glance summaries of all reviewed measures. Offers full reproduction of more than a dozen measures for children, adolescents, and adults, e.g. the Interpersonal Competence Questionnaire and the Teenage Inventory of Social Skills. As social skills assessment and training becomes more crucial to current practice and research, the Practitioner’s Guide to Empirically-Based Measures of Social Skills is a steady resource that clinicians, researchers, and graduate students will want close at hand.
Download or read book Scale Development written by Robert F. DeVellis and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2016-03-30 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Fourth Edition of Scale Development, Robert F. DeVellis demystifies measurement by emphasizing a logical rather than strictly mathematical understanding of concepts. The text supports readers in comprehending newer approaches to measurement, comparing them to classical approaches, and grasping more clearly the relative merits of each. This edition addresses new topics pertinent to modern measurement approaches and includes additional exercises and topics for class discussion. Available with Perusall—an eBook that makes it easier to prepare for class Perusall is an award-winning eBook platform featuring social annotation tools that allow students and instructors to collaboratively mark up and discuss their SAGE textbook. Backed by research and supported by technological innovations developed at Harvard University, this process of learning through collaborative annotation keeps your students engaged and makes teaching easier and more effective. Learn more.
Download or read book Social Competence of Young Children written by William H. Brown (Ph. D.) and published by Brookes Publishing Company. This book was released on 2008 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One succinct yet thorough resource for administrators who work with children birth-five with social competence difficulties.
Download or read book An Investigation of the Construct Validity of the Preschool and Kindergarten Behavior Scales written by Clarice E. Jentzsch and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Preschool and Kindergarten Behavior Scales written by Kenneth W. Merrell and published by Clinical Psychology Publishing Company. This book was released on 1994 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Preschool and Kindergarten Behavior Scales (PKBS) is a behavioral rating instrument for use in evaluating social skills and problem behavior patterns of preschool- and kindergarten-aged children, aged three through six. It is a norm-referenced, standardized instrument developed specifically for use in assessing young children in a variety of settings and by a variety of behavioral informants. The PKBS includes two major scales: social skills and problem behavior. In addition to an overview of the test, this manual contains chapters related to administering, scoring, and interpreting and PKBS; the technical properties, including reliability and validity, of the instrument; linking the assessment process to behavioral interventions; and information on its development and standardization. (Contains 58 references.) (SLD)
Download or read book Development and Initial Validation of a Scale Measuring Young Children s Awareness of Trait Cognitive Control written by Robbie Alice Ross and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Social Competence in Children written by Martha Whalen Kent and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Development and Validation of a Social Skills Rating Scale for Early Adolescents written by Alan Bain and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Reliability and Validity Study of a Measure of Preschool Competence written by Willa Bowman Pettygrove and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social competence has emerged in research on social development as a construct unifying behavioral and motivational dimensions of social development in the preschool child. It draws from theories of social learning, cognitive development, and competence motivation. The theoretical relevance and empirical utility of the construct indicate the need for further research on methods of measuring social competence. Recent investigators have noted the cultural relativity of social competence, as a construct which includes values about behavior. Although parents have been infrequently used as a population of experts for content validation, they could provide important information about the cultural values underlying a definition of competence. The present study investigates several methodological questions as they relate to Baumrind's Preschool Behavior Q Sort (PBQS), a measure of social competence. The questions include reliability and validity after modifications in administration; the construct validity of the PBQS factor Independence, when compared with an alternative measure of independence; and the content validity of the PBQS seven-cluster, two-factor model of preschool competence based on parental responses to PBQS items. Child data came from naturalistic observations of 36 preschool The sample was restricted to children between 48 and 60 months old, of normal and above verbal intelligence, and from middle class families. The PBQS was used to rate subjects after a 2.5 hour observation supplemented with anecdotal records collected by staff at the preschool. Parent subjects had children in the preschool which provided the child sample. The parent sample was homogeneous with respect to sociocultural background. Parents rated PBQS items presented as seven point Likert-type items. Questionnaires were completed by 97 parents. Interrater reliability was computed for each subject across 72 items and 7 clusters, for each cluster across all subjects, and for each item across all subjects. Reliability was high for most subjects. Reliability was significant for all clusters and 63 items. The matrix of interitem correlations for child data was analyzed on the basis of frequency of significant correlations and the mean correlation of each item with all others. Although some within-cluster correlations were in the expected pattern, between-cluster item correlations indicated a lack of independence between clusters. A stepwise discriminant analysis was used to test the relationship of the PBQS Independence factor to another measure of independence. In a model which discriminated between children having three levels of independence on Beller's Scale of Independence, less than one-half the items were PBQS Independence factor items. The matrix of interitem correlations for parent data was analyzed in the same way as the matrix for child data. The multi-cluster pattern of intercorrelations did not appear. Parents seemed to respond in terms of a univariate definition of social competence, with a strong consensus on items describing cooperation and compliance. There was a pronounced absence of consensus on most items describing independence. The modified administration procedure for the PBOS appeared to produce reliable ratings with questionable validity. Therefore, the results and conclusions of the study were applied to modify the cluster scoring procedure of the PBQS. The resulting three-cluster model appears to be more simplistic than Baumrind's seven clusters, but it is more valid in terms of the child ratings for the present study. The deviation of the three-cluster model from a parental definition of competence is easily delineated, since one of the three clusters strongly represents the parental definition for the sample of parents used in this study. In view of the empirical method by which clusters were derived, limited clinical or theoretical significance can be attached to the clusters. The clusters represent functionally related behavior indices, but their structural relationship has not been demonstrated.
Download or read book Handbook of Psychological and Educational Assessment of Children written by Cecil R. Reynolds and published by Guilford Publications. This book was released on 2018-10-16 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The two volumes of the Handbook of Psychological and Educational Assessment of Children, Second Edition, cover all aspects of child and adolescent assessment. Leading clinical scientists summarize the state of the science of assessment paradigms, instruments, and methods. With an emphasis on practical clinical considerations, chapters also delve into issues related to test development, psychometrics, and bias. Conveniently designed for reference or text use, this vast knowledge base has been synthesized into two volumes which may be purchased separately or together. INTELLIGENCE, APTITUDE, AND ACHIEVEMENT surveys assessment of intelligence, learning styles, and academic achievement; covers historical issues and psychometric methods; and addresses diversity issues, ethical concerns, and special topics in mental testing. PERSONALITY, BEHAVIOR, AND CONTEXT reviews the use of projective methods, interviewing and observation, and objective methods of assessing personality and behavior; discusses the assessment of specific syndromes and symptoms; and presents tools for assessing adaptive skills and the family context.
Download or read book Social Competence in Developmental Perspective written by B.H. Schneider and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What determines the focus of a researcher's interest, the sources of inspiration for a study, or the variables scrutinized? If we were to examine the antecedents of these decisions, they would surely emerge as accidents of circumstance--the personal experiences of the researcher, the inspiration of early mentors, the influence of contemporary colleagues--all tempered by the intellectual currents that nurture the researcher's hypotheses. Among the accidents that mold the careers of researchers is geographic location. The culture in which a research program emerges helps determine both its very subject and its method. The primary purpose of this book is to assist those interested in the scientific study of children's social competence in transcending the boundaries imposed both by geography and by selective exposure to the highly diverse schools of thought that have led to interest in this field. Most of these ideas were presented and exchanged at an Advanced Study Institute entitled "Social Competence in Developmental Perspective" held in Savoie, France, in July 1988. This Institute was attended by scholars from France, England, Northern Ireland, Germany, Italy, Norway, Spain, Portugal, Netherlands, Canada, the United States and Brazil. Those who participated will recognize that the metamorphosis from lecture to chapter has necessitated many changes. In order to accommodate the reader who may be unfamiliar with the field, more attention has been paid here to identifying the theoretical contexts of the research described.
Download or read book Handbook of Child and Adolescent Aggression written by Tina Malti and published by Guilford Publications. This book was released on 2018-08-31 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting cutting-edge work from leading scholars, this authoritative handbook reviews the breadth of current knowledge on aggression from infancy through adolescence. The volume explores the forms and functions of aggression and the multiple factors that contribute to its emergence, development, and consequences, including genetic and biological influences, temperament, family dynamics, peer relations, and social inequality. It provides up-to-date perspectives on problems such as disruptive and defiant behaviors, bullying (including cyberbullying), social aggression, and youth violence, and examines relations between aggression and normative social–emotional and social-cognitive development. It also discusses the opposite end of the spectrum, including kindness and prosocial behaviors. Identifying important implications for practice and policy, contributors describe effective approaches to screening, assessment, and intervention in family, school, community, and clinical settings.
Download or read book Measures of Personality and Social Psychological Constructs written by Gregory J. Boyle and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2014-09-04 with total page 825 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Measures of Personality and Social Psychological Constructs assists researchers and practitioners by identifying and reviewing the best scales/measures for a variety of constructs. Each chapter discusses test validity, reliability, and utility. Authors have focused on the most often used and cited scales/measures, with a particular emphasis on those published in recent years. Each scale is identified and described, the sample on which it was developed is summarized, and reliability and validity data are presented, followed by presentation of the scale, in full or in part, where such permission has been obtained. Measures fall into five broad groups. The emotional disposition section reviews measures of general affective tendencies, and/or cognitive dispositions closely linked to emotion. These measures include hope and optimism, anger and hostility, life satisfaction, self-esteem, confidence, and affect dimensions. Emotion regulation scales go beyond general dispositions to measure factors that may contribute to understanding and managing emotions. These measures include alexithymia, empathy, resiliency, coping, sensation seeking, and ability and trait emotional intelligence. The interpersonal styles section introduces some traditional social–psychological themes in the context of personality assessment. These measures include adult attachment, concerns with public image and social evaluation, and forgiveness. The vices and virtues section reflects adherence to moral standards as an individual characteristic shaped by sociocultural influences and personality. These measures include values and moral personality, religiosity, dark personalities (Machiavellianism,narcissism, and subclinical psychopathy), and perfectionism. The sociocultural interaction and conflict section addresses relationships between different groups and associated attitudes. These measures include cross-cultural values, personality and beliefs, intergroup contact, stereotyping and prejudice, attitudes towards sexual orientation, and personality across cultures. Encompasses 25 different areas of psychology research Each scale has validity, reliability info, info on test bias, etc Multiple scales discussed for each construct Discussion of which scales are appropriate in which circumstances and to what populations Examples of scales included
Download or read book Handbook of Social and Emotional Learning written by Joseph A. Durlak and published by Guilford Publications. This book was released on 2016-10-26 with total page 657 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The burgeoning multidisciplinary field of social and emotional learning (SEL) now has a comprehensive and definitive handbook covering all aspects of research, practice, and policy. The prominent editors and contributors describe state-of-the-art intervention and prevention programs designed to build students' skills for managing emotions, showing concern for others, making responsible decisions, and forming positive relationships. Conceptual and scientific underpinnings of SEL are explored and its relationship to children's and adolescents' academic success and mental health examined. Issues in implementing and assessing SEL programs in diverse educational settings are analyzed in depth, including the roles of school- and district-level leadership, teacher training, and school-family partnerships.
