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 |
Subscales | Pro-social Skills; Conflict Management; Confiding and care-seeking/Giving; Atypicality |
Description | The Manchester Inventory for Playground Observation is an observation schedule for social interaction on the playground, useful for both general clinical assessment and research purposes. |
Example | Evidence of successfully joining a social interaction |
Link | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S089142221100271X?via%3Dihub |
Psychometry | |
Implementation |
Implementation details
No. of items | 28 |
Format | Nominal |
Respondent | Teacher |
Scoring | Standardised |
Time | 10 |
Age | 5-11 |
Cost single purchase | Free - Available |
Cost per child | Free - Available |
Psychometric details
UK norms | Yes |
Cronbach's α | .92 |
Test retest | r= [47,.62] over 1-2 weeks |
Inter-rater reliability | r= .77 |
EFA | Not reported |
CFA | Not reported |
Criterion validity | Not reported |
Construct validity | r= .75 (identification of students with autism spectrum condition versus controls) |
Concurrent validity | Not reported |
Predictive validity | Not reported |
Responsiveness | Not reported |
Floor/Ceiling | Not reported |
References | Gibson, J., Hussain, J., Holsgrove, S., Adams, C., & Green, J. (2011). Quantifying peer interactions for research and clinical use: The Manchester Inventory for Playground Observation. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 32(6), 2458–2466. doi:10.1016/j.ridd.2011.07.014 |