Social Competence for Siblings

Abstract: The Social Competence Scale for Siblings consists of six items on the Prosocial subscale of the Parent Social Competence measure (see the technical report on the Parent Social Competence). Examples of some statements include: "Your child shares things with others" and "Your child is very good at understanding other people's feelings." The parent is asked to evaluate the prosocial behavior of their child. A five-point Likert scale is used to coded the responses: "Not at all (0)", "A little (1)", "Moderately well (2)", "Well (3)", and "Very well (4)". The Social Competence Scale-SiblingVersion consists of one scale; which is the Item Total (Items 1-6). The total score is calculated as the mean of responses. If more than half the items on the total score are missing responses, the score is not calculated. Measures missing all responses, also, are not scored. T-tests of means of the total score indicate that no significant differences exist between the normative and control samples on the Social Competence Sibling Scale. The internal consistency measure (Cronbach alpha values) indicates the total score has a high validity.

Who Completed this Measure?: Parent

Cohort 1 - Administrative History

  • Year 06 | grade 5 | age 11

Cohort 2 - Administrative History

  • Year 06 | grade 5 | age 11

Cohort 3 - Administrative History

  • Year 06 | grade 5 | age 11

Technical Reports:

Raw Dataset Name: PyL

Scored Dataset Name: SCSySPc

Keywords:
Empathy, Peer Relationships, Problem Solving, Self Control, Sibling Relationships,

Is this Measure Available for Public Use?: Yes

Measure Items and Scales:

site Study Site
tcid Child's ID Number
SITECODE Site Name
COHORT Cohort
YEAR Year in Study
P6LSC1 Your child resolves problems with friends or brothers or sisters on his/her own.
P6LSC2 Your child is very good at understanding other people's feelings
P6LSC3 Your child shares things with others.
P6LSC4 Your child is helpful to others.
P6LSC5 Your child listens to others' points of view.
P6LSC6 Your child can give suggestions and opinions without being bossy.
SCP6TOTR Revised Item Total - SCP - Y6