TY - JOUR
T1 - The Adaptive Social Behavior Inventory (ASBI)
T2 - Evaluation with high-risk preschoolers
AU - Greenfield, Daryl B.
AU - Wasserstein, Shari B.
AU - Gold, Susan
AU - Jorden, Beatriz
PY - 1997
Y1 - 1997
N2 - This paper assesses the reliability and factor structure of the Adaptive Social Behavior Inventory (ASBI) with a multi-ethnic sample of 3- to 5-year-old Head Start children using teachers as raters. The ASBI is a 30-item instrument recently developed to assess multiple dimensions of social competence in 3-year-olds using mothers as raters. Features of the ASBI have led to its use with older Head Start children using teachers as raters, even though the reliability of the instrument and validity of the subscale structure have not been established in this context. Data from the present study provide interrater reliability assessment of the ASBI and confirm a factor structure for 3- to 5-year-old children that is identical to the one obtained in the original study of 3-year-olds. The three subscales, Express, Comply, and Disrupt, also had high levels of internal consistency. Potential uses of the ASBI with children attending preschool programs such as Head Start are discussed.
AB - This paper assesses the reliability and factor structure of the Adaptive Social Behavior Inventory (ASBI) with a multi-ethnic sample of 3- to 5-year-old Head Start children using teachers as raters. The ASBI is a 30-item instrument recently developed to assess multiple dimensions of social competence in 3-year-olds using mothers as raters. Features of the ASBI have led to its use with older Head Start children using teachers as raters, even though the reliability of the instrument and validity of the subscale structure have not been established in this context. Data from the present study provide interrater reliability assessment of the ASBI and confirm a factor structure for 3- to 5-year-old children that is identical to the one obtained in the original study of 3-year-olds. The three subscales, Express, Comply, and Disrupt, also had high levels of internal consistency. Potential uses of the ASBI with children attending preschool programs such as Head Start are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1177/073428299701500404
DO - 10.1177/073428299701500404
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0031320526
VL - 15
SP - 322
EP - 333
JO - Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment
JF - Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment
SN - 0734-2829
IS - 4
ER -