About the Measure
Domains | Social and Emotional Competence |
Key stages | Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4 |
Subscales | This is a unidimensional measure |
Description | The PSCS is a brief, user-friendly tool used to assess social competence among youth. |
Example | I help other people |
Link | http://www.osulifesports.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/02-23-16-The-Perceived-Social-Competence-Scale-II.pdf |
Psychometry | |
Implementation |
Implementation details
No. of items | 5 |
Format | Likert |
Respondent | Self |
Scoring | Standardised |
Time | 5 |
Age | 9-15 |
Cost single purchase | Free |
Cost per child | Free |
Psychometric details
UK norms | No |
Cronbach's α | .81 |
Test retest | Not reported |
Inter-rater reliability | Not reported |
EFA | Single-factor mo |
CFA | Chi-square(5)= 11.3 p = .05 RMSEA = .04 NNFI = .99 CFI = 1 GFI = .97 |
Criterion validity | Not reported |
Construct validity | Not reported |
Concurrent validity | Not reported |
Predictive validity | |
Responsiveness | Not reported |
Floor/Ceiling | Not reported |
References | Anderson-Butcher, D., Amorose, A. J., Lower, L. M., Riley, A., Gibson, A., & Ruch, D. (2014). The case for the perceived social competence scale II. Research on Social Work Practice, 26(4), 419–428. doi:10.1177/1049731514557362 Anderson-Butcher, D., Iachini, A. L., & Amorose, A. J. (2007). Initial reliability and validity of the perceived social competence scale. Research on Social Work Practice. 18, 47-54. doi:10.1177/1049731507304364 |