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 |