Development and validation of the Preschool Socioaffective Profile.

Abstract

An analysis of the Preschool Socioaffective Profile (PSP) using a sample of 608 preschoolers revealed high internal consistency, interrater reliability, and stability for the 8 10-item scales and identified 3 coherent factors representing externalizing and internalizing behavior problems and social competence. Boys scored higher than girls on externalizing measures, but not on internalizing measures, which were largely orthogonal. PSP scores were correlated with Child Behavior Check List teacher ratings, and each scale was found to differentiate a clinical sample from the complete sample. Using a typological approach, the anxious-withdrawn group was found to be the least interactive with peers; the angry-aggressive group, the most interactive and most rejected; and the competent group, highest in sociometric status. Finally, substantial coherence was reported between laboratory observations of mother-child interaction and PSP classification.

A conceptual model for the development of externalizing behavior problems among kindergarten children of alcoholic families: Role of parenting and children's self-regulation.

“…The CBCL is a widely used measure of children's behavioral/emotional problems with well-established psychometric properties. It consists of items rated on a 3-point response scale ranging from not true to very true, with some open-ended items designed to elicit detailed information about a particular problem behavior.Higher scores indicate higher externalizing behavior problems in kindergarten.Teacher ratings of externalizing behavior problems were measured using the Social Competence and Behavior Evaluation Scales (LaFreniere & Dumas, 1996;LaFreniere, Dumas, Capuano, & Dubeau, 1992). The scale measures three overall dimensions of social competence, internalizing behavior problems, and externalizing behavior problems.…”

The transactional process between the relationships with caregivers and children's externalizing behavior

“…The assessment of children's EB was obtained with the Profil Socio-Affectif (PSA) (LaFreniere & Dumas, 1996;LaFreniere, Dumas, Capuano, & Dubeau, 1992), completed by the mothers, fathers and teachers separately. The items focus on the presence or absence of both positive and problematic behavior.…”

“…The items focus on the presence or absence of both positive and problematic behavior. The French adaptation of the scale, consisting of an 80-item 1-to-6-point Likert-type scale, was validated on a sample of 608 preschoolers and demonstrated good properties (LaFreniere et al, 1992). The 20 items of the EB scale, encompassing aggressiveness, irritability and non-compliance, were used for this study.…”

The differential contribution of maternal and paternal values to social competence of preschoolers

“…This questionnaire, completed by the teacher, measured the social behaviours of the child in three orthogonal factors: (1) social competence, (2) anger-aggression, and (3) anxiety-withdrawal (LaFreniere, Dumas, Capuano, & Dubeau, 1992). The original SCBE is predictive of academic achievement, convergent with the teacher form of the Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment (Achenbach & Rescorla, 2001) and direct observation and is reliable among teachers (from 0.78 to 0.91 across four samples) and stable (0.63 to 0.86 for three samples).…”