About the Measure
| Domains | Social and Emotional Competence |
| Key stages | Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Key Stage 5 |
| Subscales | This is a unidimensional measure |
| Description | The Measure of Adolescent Social Performance can be used to assess the social adjustment of adolescents in relevant social situations. |
| Example | A friend of yours is a lot of fun and is always making you laugh. Some of your friends can't stand him. One of them says, Why do |
| Link | Contact author at tcavell@uark.edu |
| Psychometry | |
| Implementation |
Implementation details
| No. of items | 20 |
| Format | Nominal |
| Respondent | Self |
| Scoring | Complex |
| Time | 0 |
| Age | 11-19 |
| Cost single purchase | Available from a |
| Cost per child | Available from a |
Psychometric details
| UK norms | No |
| Cronbach's α | .87 |
| Test retest | After 2 week, r= .82 |
| Inter-rater reliability | Not reported |
| EFA | 17 factors had e |
| CFA | |
| Criterion validity | Not reported |
| Construct validity | r= .46 (Behavioural adjustment) |
| Concurrent validity | Not reported |
| Predictive validity | Not reported |
| Responsiveness | |
| Floor/Ceiling | Not reported |
| References | Cavell, T.A. & Kelley, M.L. (1992). The Measure of Adolescent Social Performance: Development and Initial Validation. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 21(2), 107-114. doi:10.1207/s15374424jccp2102_2 |