About the Measure
| Domains | Social and Emotional Competence |
| Key stages | Key Stage 1 |
| Subscales | Belief; Knowledge; Perception; Desire; Intention; Emotion |
| Description | The Children’s Social Understanding Scale (CSUS) is a parent report measure designed to assess individual differences in children’s theories of mind. |
| Example | Talks about differences in what people like or want |
| Link | https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mark_Sabbagh/publication/266264081_The_Children's_Social_Understanding_Scale_Construction_and_Validation_of_a_Parent-Report_Measure_for_Assessing_Individual_Differences_in_Children's_Theories_of_Mind/links/54353f4f0cf2 |
| Psychometry | |
| Implementation |
Implementation details
| No. of items | 42 |
| Format | Likert |
| Respondent | Parent |
| Scoring | Standardised |
| Time | 0 |
| Age | 3-6 |
| Cost single purchase | Free - Available |
| Cost per child | Free - Available |
Psychometric details
| UK norms | No |
| Cronbach's α | .90 |
| Test retest | Small subgroup after 1-4 weeks: both full and short scales, r=.88 |
| Inter-rater reliability | Not reported |
| EFA | Not reported |
| CFA | Not reported |
| Criterion validity | Not reported |
| Construct validity | r= [.31,.47] (Theory of Mind measures) |
| Concurrent validity | Not reported |
| Predictive validity | Not reported |
| Responsiveness | Not reported |
| Floor/Ceiling | Not reported |
| References | Tahiroglu, D., Moses, L.J., Carlson, S.M. & Sabbagh, M.A. (2014). The children's social understanding scale: Construction and validation of a parent-report measure for assessing individual differences in children's theories of mind. Developmental Psychology, 50(11), 2485-2497. doi:10.1037/a0037914 |