Abstract:Children's positive self-ratings of social competence relative to adult ratings increased within intervention sample when compared with population sample. The intervention sample children appeared to acknowledge their social competence deficits, yet self-perceptions were inflated relative to adult ratings when focusing on peer relationship difficulties, particularly, aggression to peers.
“…The results proved that it was not well-fitting for both children’s and parents’ groups, as evidenced by the values of GFC parameters. Similar outcomes were previously reported in the study of Vuori et al 26 (CFI = 0.86 for children’s, CFI = 0.70 for mothers’ and CFI = 0.77 for fathers’ groups). Contrarily, the authors of the scale found this model to be well-fitting in the children’s study group (NNFI = 0.95), but not in the parents’ group due to too high result of SRMR (SRMR = 0.088) 4 .…”
This study aimed to adapt the Multisource Assessment of Social Competence Scale for the Polish population. The population examined in the study included only Polish participants of European (Caucasian) ancestry. The tool is composed of two scales, Prosocial and Antisocial, and four subscales. For the purpose of adaptation, children’s social competence was evaluated based on their own and their parents’ perspective. The sample consisted of children aged 9–15 (n = 253) and their parents (n = 248), with boys and girls accounting for 43% (n = 109) and 57% (n = 144) of child participants, respectively. All the participants originated from the western-central Greater Poland Voivodeship. The data analyzed in this study were collected in 2019. Internal consistency of the subscales and correlation between them were measured using Cronbach’s Alpha reliability coefficient and Spearman's correlation coefficient, respectively. Confirmatory factor analysis was conducted for both groups (children and parents) in two-, three- and four-factor models. The confirmatory factor analysis for both groups (children and parents) attributed the four-factor model with the highest goodness-of-fit, fulfilling the criteria of a good-fitting model. The results show that the Multisource Assessment of Children’s Social Competence Scale is an appropriately adapted tool for the evaluation of the social competence of children in Poland, taking different rater perspectives into account.
“…The results proved that it was not well-fitting for both children’s and parents’ groups, as evidenced by the values of GFC parameters. Similar outcomes were previously reported in the study of Vuori et al 26 (CFI = 0.86 for children’s, CFI = 0.70 for mothers’ and CFI = 0.77 for fathers’ groups). Contrarily, the authors of the scale found this model to be well-fitting in the children’s study group (NNFI = 0.95), but not in the parents’ group due to too high result of SRMR (SRMR = 0.088) 4 .…”
This study aimed to adapt the Multisource Assessment of Social Competence Scale for the Polish population. The population examined in the study included only Polish participants of European (Caucasian) ancestry. The tool is composed of two scales, Prosocial and Antisocial, and four subscales. For the purpose of adaptation, children’s social competence was evaluated based on their own and their parents’ perspective. The sample consisted of children aged 9–15 (n = 253) and their parents (n = 248), with boys and girls accounting for 43% (n = 109) and 57% (n = 144) of child participants, respectively. All the participants originated from the western-central Greater Poland Voivodeship. The data analyzed in this study were collected in 2019. Internal consistency of the subscales and correlation between them were measured using Cronbach’s Alpha reliability coefficient and Spearman's correlation coefficient, respectively. Confirmatory factor analysis was conducted for both groups (children and parents) in two-, three- and four-factor models. The confirmatory factor analysis for both groups (children and parents) attributed the four-factor model with the highest goodness-of-fit, fulfilling the criteria of a good-fitting model. The results show that the Multisource Assessment of Children’s Social Competence Scale is an appropriately adapted tool for the evaluation of the social competence of children in Poland, taking different rater perspectives into account.
“…This suggests response categories typically assumed to represent minor performance difficulties when used by adults, such as ‘A little easy’, may indicate moderate‐to‐significant performance difficulties when selected by young people with developmental disabilities. Additionally, these young people were more likely to select positive rating categories in this and other research, PROMs for young people may need to be sensitive to smaller self‐reported shifts in performance at higher ends of a rating scale, for example from ‘A little easy’ to ‘Very easy’. PROMs for young people with developmental disabilities may also need to include more items assessing the most difficult functional tasks or embed tasks in more difficult contexts, for example talking with strangers instead of familiar people, or concentrating in a very noisy environment.…”
AIM
This study examined the item interpretability and rating scale use of the Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory–Patient-Reported Outcome (PEDI-PRO) by young people with developmental disabilities. The PEDI-PRO assesses the functional performance of discrete functional tasks in the context of everyday life situations.
METHOD
A two-phase cognitive interview design was implemented with a convenience sample of 37 young people (mean age 19y, 0 mo, SD: 2y 5 mo; 35% (13/37) male and 65% (24/37) female; 68% with intellectual disability) with developmental disabilities. In phase I, 182 item candidates were each reviewed by an average of four young people. In phase II, 103 items were carried forward or revised and each reviewed by an average of seven additional young people. Two raters coded responses for intended item interpretation and performance quality; codes were analysed using descriptive statistics. Qualitative analysis explored young people’s self-evaluation process.
RESULTS
Items were interpreted as intended by most young people (mean 86%). Young people can use PEDI-PRO response categories appropriately to describe their performance: 94% of positive performance descriptions coincided with a positive response category choice; 73% of negative descriptions with a negative choice. Young people interpreted items in a literal manner, and their self-evaluation incorporated the use of supports that facilitate functional performance.
INTERPRETATION
The PEDI-PRO’s measurement framework appears to support the self-evaluation of functional performance of young people with developmental disabilities.
“…There is a strong consensus that the assessment of adolescents' psychopathology requires data from multiple informants 1617. Indeed, numerous researchers have reported significant discrepancies between adolescent-reported and parent-reported psychopathology 1819. Although smartphones are widely used and many adolescents have problems related to smartphone use, there is a relative lack of acknowledgement that they can be smartphone addicted 220.…”
BackgroundSmartphone addiction has recently been highlighted as a major health issue among adolescents. In this study, we assessed the degree of agreement between adolescents' and parents' ratings of adolescents' smartphone addiction. Additionally, we evaluated the psychosocial factors associated with adolescents' and parents' ratings of adolescents' smartphone addiction.MethodsIn total, 158 adolescents aged 12–19 years and their parents participated in this study. The adolescents completed the Smartphone Addiction Scale (SAS) and the Isolated Peer Relationship Inventory (IPRI). Their parents also completed the SAS (about their adolescents), SAS-Short Version (SAS-SV; about themselves), Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7), and Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9). We used the paired t-test, McNemar test, and Pearson's correlation analyses.ResultsPercentage of risk users was higher in parents' ratings of adolescents' smartphone addiction than ratings of adolescents themselves. There was disagreement between the SAS and SAS-parent report total scores and subscale scores on positive anticipation, withdrawal, and cyberspace-oriented relationship. SAS scores were positively associated with average minutes of weekday/holiday smartphone use and scores on the IPRI and father's GAD-7 and PHQ-9 scores. Additionally, SAS-parent report scores showed positive associations with average minutes of weekday/holiday smartphone use and each parent's SAS-SV, GAD-7, and PHQ-9 scores.ConclusionThe results suggest that clinicians need to consider both adolescents' and parents' reports when assessing adolescents' smartphone addiction, and be aware of the possibility of under- or overestimation. Our results cannot only be a reference in assessing adolescents' smartphone addiction, but also provide inspiration for future studies.
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