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Development of the Friendships and Social Skills Test (FASST): A Parent Report Measure.
- Source :
- Journal of Child & Family Studies; Jun2016, Vol. 25 Issue 6, p1777-1788, 12p, 7 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- This paper describes the initial development of the Friendships and Social Skills Test (FASST), a clinically oriented 25-item parent report measure of child peer relationships and social skills in a community (N = 423) and clinical sample (N = 159) of elementary school age children. Confirmatory factor analyses supported five factors measuring pro-social skills, negative peer directed behavior, friendship interactions, peer victimization, and the level of concern expressed about a child's social functioning. Internal consistency and test-retest reliability of the FASST factors predominately ranged from moderate to very good. Validity was supported through higher scores in at-risk and clinical groups compared to children in the community and through correlations with an existing measure of social skills and emotional and behavioral functioning. Cross-informant validity was supported by correlations with teacher-report. Moreover, the scales measuring negative social behaviors and pro-social skills predicted changes in peer victimization and concern expressed about the child over a 1-year duration. By assessing positive and negative aspects of peer-directed behaviors and relationships the FASST has the potential to facilitate the identification and treatment of childhood social deficits in mental health settings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- PSYCHOMETRICS
ANALYSIS of variance
CHI-squared test
CONFIDENCE intervals
STATISTICAL correlation
EXPERIMENTAL design
FACTOR analysis
FRIENDSHIP
RESEARCH methodology
PARENTS
PROBABILITY theory
QUESTIONNAIRES
RESEARCH evaluation
STATISTICAL sampling
SOCIAL skills
SURVEYS
T-test (Statistics)
TEACHERS
SAMPLE size (Statistics)
AFFINITY groups
MULTIPLE regression analysis
STATISTICAL reliability
EFFECT sizes (Statistics)
PREDICTIVE validity
INTER-observer reliability
RESEARCH methodology evaluation
DATA analysis software
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
KRUSKAL-Wallis Test
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10621024
- Volume :
- 25
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Child & Family Studies
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 115197823
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-016-0362-4