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 |