About the Measure
| Domains | Emotional Intelligence (mixed and trait), Mental health and wellbeing, Social and Emotional Competence |
| Key stages | Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Key Stage 5 |
| Subscales | Overall strength index derived from five subscales: Interpersonal strengths; Family involvement; Intrapersonal Strengths; School functioning; Affective strengths |
| Description | The BERS-2 measures the personal strengths and competencies of children from the teacher's perspective. |
| Example | Uses anger management skills |
| Link | http://www.proedinc.com/customer/productView.aspx?ID=3430 |
| Psychometry | |
| Implementation |
Implementation details
| No. of items | 52 |
| Format | Likert |
| Respondent | Teacher |
| Scoring | Standardised |
| Time | 10 |
| Age | 5-18 |
| Cost single purchase | $37.00 |
| Cost per child | $1.48 |
Psychometric details
| UK norms | No |
| Cronbach's α | .84-.92 |
| Test retest | 2 weeks, r= [.85,.99] |
| Inter-rater reliability | r= [.83-.98] |
| EFA | Not reported |
| CFA | Not reported |
| Criterion validity | Teacher Report Form: Significant negative relationship with difficulty dimensions/ significant positive relationship with strength dimensions, r= [-.67,-.62] |
| Construct validity | Not reported |
| Concurrent validity | Walker-McConnell Scale: Significant positive relationship with Behavioural and Emotional Rating Scale 2nd-teacher rating scale, r= [.29,.85] |
| Predictive validity | Not reported |
| Responsiveness | Not reported |
| Floor/Ceiling | Not reported |
| References | Buckley, J. A., & Epstein, M. H. (2004). The Behavioral and Emotional Rating Scale-2 (BERS-2): Providing a comprehensive approach to strength-based assessment. The California School Psychologist, 9(1), 21-27. doi:10.1007/bf03340904 Epstein, M. H. Bers-2 Behavioral and Emotional Rating Scale Second Edition Examiner's Manual. Austin, Texas: Proed. |