1. The alliance of adaptive behavior and social competence: An examination of relationships between the scales of independent behavior and the social skills rating system
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Monique R. Popinga and Kenneth W. Merrell
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Male ,Psychometrics ,education ,Population ,Child Behavior Disorders ,Test validity ,Developmental psychology ,Social skills ,Intellectual Disability ,Activities of Daily Living ,Developmental and Educational Psychology ,Humans ,Disabled Persons ,Child ,Social Behavior ,Internal-External Control ,Adaptive behavior ,education.field_of_study ,Socialization ,food and beverages ,Combined Modality Therapy ,Clinical Psychology ,Convergent validity ,Child, Preschool ,Education, Special ,Female ,Social competence ,Work Skills ,Psychology ,Self-Injurious Behavior ,Social Adjustment - Abstract
This study examined the relationship between ratings of adaptive behavior and social competence in a population of 208 students in kindergarten through third grade with a variety of disabilities using the Scales of Independent Behavior (SIB; Bruininks, Woodcock, Weatherman, & Hill, 1984) and the Social Skills Rating System (SSRS; Gresham & Elliott, 1990). Moderate yet statistically significant relationships between the SIB adaptive behavior scores and the SSRS social competence scores were found, with strongest correlations occurring between the SSRS and the Social and Communication subscale (r = .51) and Work Skills subscale (r = .60) on the SIB. Weak to near zero correlations were found between the SIB adaptive behavior scores and SSRS Problem Behaviors scores. This investigation provides new evidence for the concurrent criterion-related validity of both the SIB and the SSRS.
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- 1994
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