Assessment of Preschool Behavior and Social-Emotional Functioning: A Review of Thirteen Third-Party Instruments
- 1 June 1998
- journal article
- review article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment
- Vol. 16 (2) , 153-169
- https://doi.org/10.1177/073428299801600204
Abstract
This study investigated the psychometric qualities of 13 preschool third-party measures of social-emotional functioning. Most of the rating scales were severely limited in critical and primary areas of technical adequacy, including standardization samples, internal consistency, stability, interrater reliability, ceilings, floors, item gradients, and evidence of validity. Instruments which most frequently met the psychometric criteria were primarily recently published scales.Keywords
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