About the Measure
Domains | Emotional Intelligence (mixed and trait), Mental health and wellbeing, Social and Emotional Competence |
Key stages | Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3 |
Subscales | Social rules; Likeability; Social ingenuousness |
Description | The Children's Self-Report Social Skills Scale (CS4), was developed to measure children's perspectives on their own social skills. |
Example | Others ask me to play |
Link | https://search.proquest.com/docview/195607489?pq-origsite=gscholar |
Psychometry | |
Implementation |
Implementation details
No. of items | 21 |
Format | Likert |
Respondent | Self |
Scoring | Standardised |
Time | 0 |
Age | 9-12 |
Cost single purchase | Available in jou |
Cost per child | Available in jou |
Psychometric details
UK norms | No |
Cronbach's α | .84-.90 |
Test retest | 10-14 days, r= .74 |
Inter-rater reliability | Not reported |
EFA | 3-factor oblique |
CFA | Not reported |
Criterion validity | Not reported |
Construct validity | Significant correlations between CS4 subscales and peer nominations, r= [-.26,.30] |
Concurrent validity | Not reported |
Predictive validity | Not reported |
Responsiveness | Not reported |
Floor/Ceiling | Not reported |
References | Danielson, C. K., & Phelps, C. R. (2003). The assessment of children's social skills through self-report: A potential screening instrument for classroom use. Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 35(4), 218-229. |