About the Measure
| Domains | Social and Emotional Competence |
| Key stages | Key Stage 1 |
| Subscales | Task Orientation; Considerateness; Extraversion |
| Description | Designed to measure the adequacy of preschool children’s interpersonal behaviour and the degree to which they assume social responsibility. Implicit in this definition is the concept of independence. The items of this scale cover a wide range of behaviours, such as response to routine, response to the unfamiliar, following instructions, making explanations, sharing, helping others, initiating activities, giving direction to activities, reaction to frustration, and accepting limits. |
| Example | He takes objects when in use by others without asking permission |
| Link | https://conservancy.umn.edu/bitstream/handle/11299/100084/v04n2p203.pdf?sequence=1 |
| Psychometry | |
| Implementation |
Implementation details
| No. of items | 30 |
| Format | Likert |
| Respondent | Teacher |
| Scoring | Complex |
| Time | 15 |
| Age | 2-6 |
| Cost single purchase | Available in jou |
| Cost per child | Available in jou |
Psychometric details
| UK norms | No |
| Cronbach's α | .79-.94 |
| Test retest | Not reported |
| Inter-rater reliability | r= [.75,.86] |
| EFA | 3-factor orthogo |
| CFA | 5-factor model Chi-square(289)= 813.83 RMSEA= .07 CFI= .88 |
| Criterion validity | Not reported |
| Construct validity | Not reported |
| Concurrent validity | r= [-.62,.64] between California Preschool Social Competence Scale subscales and the Classroom Behaviour Inventory |
| Predictive validity | Not reported |
| Responsiveness | No |
| Floor/Ceiling | Not reported |
| References | Proger, B. B. (1974). Test Review No. 17: California Preschool Social Competency Scale. The Journal of Special Education, 8(4), 391–395. doi:10.1177/002246697400800411 Ladd, G. W., & Price, J. M. (1987). Predicting children's social and school adjustment: Following the transition from preschool to kindergarten. Child Development, 58, 1168-1189. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8624.1987.tb01450.x Flint, D. L., Hick, T. L., Horan, M. D., Irvine, D. J., & Kukuk, S. E. (1980). Dimensionality of the California Preschool Social Competency Scale. Applied Psychological Measurement, 4(2), 203–212. doi:10.1177/014662168000400207 Julvez, J., Forns, M., Ribas-Fitó, N., Mazon, C., Torrent, M., Garcia-Esteban, R., … Sunyer, J. (2008). Psychometric characteristics of the California Preschool Social Competence Scale in a Spanish population sample. Early Education and Development, 19(5), 795–815. doi:10.1080/10409280802375430 |