About the Measure
| Domains | Emotional Intelligence (mixed and trait), Social and Emotional Competence |
| Key stages | Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3 |
| Subscales | This is a unidimensional measure |
| Description | This instrument was designed to capitalize on teachers' experience with pupils of varying social competence, by asking them to rate individual children on six dimensions of socially skilled behaviour. |
| Example | The child's skill and willingness to make social overtures, join groups, or welcome others into own activities |
| Link | https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Elian_Fink/publication/260282095_Validation_of_the_Peer_Social_Maturity_Scale_for_Assessing_Children's_Social_Skills/links/00b7d534d5bab7b866000000.pdf |
| Psychometry | |
| Implementation |
Implementation details
| No. of items | 7 |
| Format | Likert |
| Respondent | Teacher |
| Scoring | Standardised |
| Time | 0 |
| Age | 4-12 |
| Cost single purchase | Free |
| Cost per child | Free |
Psychometric details
| UK norms | No |
| Cronbach's α | .96-.98 |
| Test retest | Ratings in kindergarten, Grade1 and Grade 2, r= [.48,.52] |
| Inter-rater reliability | Not reported |
| EFA | PCA with promax |
| CFA | Chi-square (11)=11.5 p=0.4 SRMR=0.01 RMSEA=0.02 CFI=1 TLI=1 |
| Criterion validity | Not reported |
| Construct validity | Convergent: Social Skills Rating System (SSRS), r= [.57,.77] |
| Concurrent validity | Not reported |
| Predictive validity | Not reported |
| Responsiveness | Not reported |
| Floor/Ceiling | Not reported |
| References | Fink E. de Rosnay M. Peterson C. and Slaughter V. (2013). Validation of the Peer Social Maturity Scale for Assessing Children's Social Skills. Infant and Child Development, 22(5), 539–552. doi:10.1002/icd.1809 |