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 |