About the Measure
| Domains | Social and Emotional Competence |
| Key stages | Key Stage 1 |
| Subscales | Social skills: Social cooperation; Social interaction; Social independenceProblem behaviour: Self-centred/Explosive; Attention problems/Overactive; Social withdrawal; Anxiety/Somatic problems |
| Description | The Preschool and Kindergarten Behavior Scales (PKBS) is a behavioural rating instrument for use in evaluating social skills and problem behaviour patterns of preschool and kindergarten-aged children (ages 3, 4, 5, and 6). It is a norm-referenced, standardized instrument developed specifically for use in assessing young children in a variety of settings and by a variety of behavioural informants. |
| Example | Works or plays independently |
| Link | http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED378210.pdf |
| Psychometry | |
| Implementation |
Implementation details
| No. of items | 76 |
| Format | Likert |
| Respondent | Parent/Teacher |
| Scoring | Standardised |
| Time | 8 |
| Age | 3-6 |
| Cost single purchase | Free |
| Cost per child | Free |
Psychometric details
| UK norms | No |
| Cronbach's α | .81-.97 |
| Test retest | After 3 weeks, r= [.58,.87]; After 3 months, r= [.36,.78] |
| Inter-rater reliability | r= [.36,.63] |
| EFA | 2 EFAs for subsc |
| CFA | Not reported |
| Criterion validity | 90.18% of the grouped cases had been correctly classified in special education status groups based solely on the critical statistical properties of the PKBS scores |
| Construct validity | Factorial validity. Factor structure stable across different specifications. Convergent: Correlation with Social Skills Rating System (SSRS), r= [.32,.76] Convergent: Correlation with Matson Evaluation of Social Skills with Youngsters (MESSY), r= [.22,.85] Convergent: Conners Teacher Rating Scales (CTRS -39), r= [.10,.90] Convergent: Correlation with School Social Behavior Scales (SSBS), r= [.36,.83] |
| Concurrent validity | Not reported |
| Predictive validity | Not reported |
| Responsiveness | Not reported |
| Floor/Ceiling | Not reported |
| References | Merrell K. 1994. Preschool and Kindergarten Behavior Scales. Test Manual. Retrieved from https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED378210 |