About the Measure
Domains | Social and Emotional Competence |
Key stages | Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3 |
Subscales | This is a unidimensional measure |
Description | ESBA requires teachers to rate pupils' social behaviours on a 3-point scale. |
Example | Resolves peer conflicts adequately without teacher assistance |
Link | http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1534508414557562 |
Psychometry | |
Implementation |
Implementation details
No. of items | 12 |
Format | Likert |
Respondent | Teacher |
Scoring | Standardised |
Time | 0 |
Age | 5-12 |
Cost single purchase | Free - Available |
Cost per child | Free - Available |
Psychometric details
UK norms | No |
Cronbach's α | .91-.95 |
Test retest | After 8 weeks r= [.71,.78] |
Inter-rater reliability | Not reported |
EFA | Single-factor ob |
CFA | Chi-square(54)= 508.5 p < .001 CFI= .98 TLI= .974 SRMR= .08 Chi-square(54)= 1416.8 p <.000 CFI= .98 TLI= .97 |
Criterion validity | Not reported |
Construct validity | Not reported |
Concurrent validity | Walker–McConnell Scale of Social Competence, r= .84; Brief Behavior Rating Scale, = .77; Social Skills Rating Scale Teacher’s form, r= [.63,.70] |
Predictive validity | Not reported |
Responsiveness | Not reported |
Floor/Ceiling | Not reported |
References | Arnesen, A., Smolkowski, K., Ogden, T., & Melby-Lervåg, M. (2017). Validation of the Elementary Social Behavior Assessment: Teacher ratings of students’ social skills adapted to Norwegian, Grades 1 to 6. Manuscript submitted for publication. Pennefather, J., & Smolkowski, K. (2015). Validation of the Elementary Social Behavior Assessment: A measure of student prosocial school behaviors. Assessment for Effective Intervention, 40(3), 143-154. doi:10.1177/1534508414557562 |