About the Measure
| Domains | Motivation, goal orientation and perseverance, Social and Emotional Competence |
| Key stages | Key Stage 4, Key Stage 5 |
| Subscales | Automatic Process; Problem Orientation (Cognition; Emotion; Behaviour); Problem-Solving Skills (Problem Identification; Alternative Generation; Consequence Prediction; Implementation/Evaluation/Reorganization) |
| Description | Measure of adolescent social problem-solving skills and motivation. |
| Example | When I have a problem, I think of the ways that I have handled the same kind of problem before. |
| Link | https://marketplace.unl.edu/buros/social-problem-solving-inventory-for-adolescents-the.html |
| Psychometry | |
| Implementation |
Implementation details
| No. of items | 70 |
| Format | Likert |
| Respondent | Self |
| Scoring | Standardised |
| Time | 0 |
| Age | 14-18 |
| Cost single purchase | $15.00 |
| Cost per child | - |
Psychometric details
| UK norms | No |
| Cronbach's α | .78-.95 |
| Test retest | Not reported |
| Inter-rater reliability | Not reported |
| EFA | Not reported |
| CFA | Not reported |
| Criterion validity | Not reported |
| Construct validity | GPA: total score, r=.40; subscales, r=.24-.34; Modified Problem-Solving Inventory: total score, r=.82; subscale, r=.52-.73 Problem Orientation and respective subscales, r=.86; Problem Orientation and divergent subscales, r=.23; Problem Solving Skills and respective subscales, r=.86; Problem Solving Skills and divergent subscales, r=.25 |
| Concurrent validity | Personal Problems Checklist, r= -.32; Brief Symptoms Inventory: total score, r=-.23; subscales, r= -.62-.09 |
| Predictive validity | Not reported |
| Responsiveness | Not reported |
| Floor/Ceiling | Not reported |
| References | Frauenknecht, M., & Black, D. R. (2010). Social problem-solving inventory for adolescents (SPSI-A): Development and preliminary psychometric evaluation. Journal of Personality Assessment, 64, 522-539. doi: 10.1207/s15327752jpa6403_10 |