Evaluating the Adequacy of Social-Emotional Measures in Early Childhood

Rebecca J. Gokiert; Rebecca Georgis; Melissa Tremblay; Vijaya Krishnan; Christine Vandenberghe; Shuk Ching Clara Lee

doi:10.1177/0734282913516718

Evaluating the Adequacy of Social-Emotional Measures in Early Childhood

Rebecca J. Gokiert, Rebecca Georgis, Melissa Tremblay, Vijaya Krishnan, Christine Vandenberghe, Shuk Ching Clara Lee

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Abstract

Technical adequacy and usability are important considerations in selecting early childhood social-emotional (SE) screening and assessment measures. As identification of difficulties can be tied to programming, intervention, accountability, and funding, it is imperative that practitioners and decision makers select appropriate and quality measures from the plethora of measures available. This study systematically reviewed and evaluated the technical adequacy and usability of 10 commonly used SE assessment and screening measures, using a framework for evaluating selected properties of measures (e.g., reliability, validity). Through this review, it was found that there are inadequacies in many commonly used SE measures, deserving the attention of both users and developers.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	441-454
Number of pages	14
Journal	Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment
Volume	32
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0734282913516718
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2014
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

assessment measures
early childhood
evaluation
psychometrics
screening measures
social-emotional

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Education
Clinical Psychology
Psychology(all)

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Research output: Journal article publication › Journal article › Academic research › peer-review

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