ASSESSMENT OF PRESCHOOL BEHAVIOR AND SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL FUNCTIONING - AREVIEW OF 13 3RD-PARTY INSTRUMENTS

Authors
BRACKEN BA KEITH LK WALKER KC
Citation
Ba. Bracken et al., ASSESSMENT OF PRESCHOOL BEHAVIOR AND SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL FUNCTIONING - AREVIEW OF 13 3RD-PARTY INSTRUMENTS, Journal of psychoeducational assessment, 16(2), 1998, pp. 153-169
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Educational
Journal title
Journal of psychoeducational assessment → ACNP
ISSN journal
07342829
Volume
16
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
153 - 169
Database
ISI
SICI code
0734-2829(1998)16:2<153:AOPBAS>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
This study investigated the psychometric qualities of 13 preschool thi rd-party measures of social-emotional functioning. Most of the rating scales were severely limited in critical and primary areas of technica l adequacy, including standardization samples, internal consistency, s tability, interrater reliability, ceilings, floors, item gradients, an d evidence of validity. Instruments which most frequently met the psyc hometric criteria were primarily recently published scales.