About the Measure
| Domains | Social and Emotional Competence |
| Key stages | Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Key Stage 5 |
| Subscales | Peer; Family; School |
| Description | The Measure of Adolescent Social Competence (MASC) was designed to offer a clinically practical way to assess adolescent social functioning within relevant contexts. Children are given a scenario to consider and various options for what they would do in that situation. |
| Example | You go to the mall with your friends. While youre there, your friends decide to see a movie. You have just enough money to buy a |
| Link | http://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5623&context=gradschool_disstheses |
| Psychometry | |
| Implementation |
Implementation details
| No. of items | 50 |
| Format | Likert |
| Respondent | Self |
| Scoring | Standardised |
| Time | 0 |
| Age | 11-18 |
| Cost single purchase | Available in jou |
| Cost per child | Available in jou |
Psychometric details
| UK norms | No |
| Cronbach's α | .65-.87 |
| Test retest | r= .82 and subscales r= [.60,.81] |
| Inter-rater reliability | r= [.95,1.00] for the different subscales |
| EFA | PCA orthogonal a |
| CFA | Not reported |
| Criterion validity | Measure of Adolescent Social Competence (MASC) scores correlated with adolescents' and teachers' ratings of behavioural conduct, r= .46 and .25, respectively; MASC scores had significant correlations with FQQ-R subscales, r= [.21,.37] |
| Construct validity | Not reported |
| Concurrent validity | Not reported |
| Predictive validity | Not reported |
| Responsiveness | Not Applicable (NA) |
| Floor/Ceiling | Not reported |
| References | Cavell, T. A. (1988). The Measure of Adolescent Social Competence: Development and initial validation. (Unpublished Doctoral thesis). Louisiana State University, USA. |