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Eleni Didaskalou; Amy M. Briesch; Robert J. Volpe; Christina Roussi-Vergou – Contemporary School Psychology, 2025
The study examines the psychometric properties of a translated version of the Integrated Teacher Rating Form (ITRF) for use in Greek schools. The ITRF is a 67-item targeted screening measure that can be used to identify students who demonstrate behaviors that interfere with their academic and social functioning and assist educators in designing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Greek, Translation, Factor Structure
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Caldarella, Paul; Larsen, Ross A. A.; Williams, Leslie; Lulla, Saanya R.; Wills, Howard P. – RMLE Online: Research in Middle Level Education, 2022
Middle level school teachers commonly measure and monitor students' academic performance, but such is not the case for students' classroom behavior. This is unfortunate, given the rise in students' classroom behavior problems in middle school, especially for students who experience emotional or behavioral disorders. The Classroom Performance…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Middle School Students, Student Evaluation, Behavior Problems
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Juliane Schlesier; Diana Raufelder; Barbara Moschner – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2024
This paper describes the development and validation of an instrument to assess how students deal with emotionally challenging classroom situations (the DECCS Questionnaire). The questionnaire is based on a vignette with one learning and one performance situation in a classroom, and is intended for students in grades 4 to 7. On a sample of N = 639…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Emotional Problems, Student Behavior, Elementary School Students
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Kathleen Lynne Lane; Wendy Peia Oakes; Mark Matthew Buckman; Nathan Allen Lane; Katie Scarlett Lane; Kandace Fleming; Rebecca E. Swinburne Romine; Rebecca L. Sherod; Chi-Ning Chang; Jamie Jones; Emily Dawn Cantwell; Meredith Crittenden – Remedial and Special Education, 2024
Given the need for a swift, systematic way to identify students with internalizing and externalizing behavior patterns to connect these students with appropriate supports, we present new findings of the Student Risk Screening Scale--Internalizing and Externalizing (SRSS-IE). In this article, we examined (a) factor structure of the SRSS-IE and (b)…
Descriptors: Screening Tests, At Risk Students, Psychometrics, Factor Structure
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Clark McKown; Nicole Russo-Ponsaran; Matthew Wronski; Ashley Karls – Grantee Submission, 2025
This study describes the rationale, design, development, and technical properties of SELweb MS, a direct assessment of social and emotional competencies in middle school students. Assessment and item design were iteratively developed with input from youth and experts to measure five domains: Self-Awareness, Self-Management, Social Awareness,…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Social Emotional Learning, Middle School Students, Correlation
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Moulton, Sara E.; Young, Ellie L. – Psychology in the Schools, 2021
This study examined gender differences in the psychometric properties of the Student Risk Screening Scale for Internalizing and Externalizing behaviors (SRSS-IE) using item response theory methods among a sample of 2,122 middle school students. The SRSS-IE is a screening instrument used to identify students who are potentially at risk for…
Descriptors: Screening Tests, Student Behavior, Behavior Problems, Emotional Disturbances
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Dever, Bridget V.; Gaier, Kelsey – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2021
School-based universal screening for behavioral/emotional risk is a necessary first step in the identification of students who might need services within a behavioral response to intervention model. When choosing among the available screening measures, psychometric information such as reliability and validity of the scores is critical to inform…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Child Behavior, Screening Tests, Elementary School Students
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Twyford, Jennifer M.; Buckley, Lara; Moffa, Kathryn; Dowdy, Erin – International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 2019
The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) self-report form is a brief 25-item measure that assesses the psychological adjustment of youth. Although widely utilized as a screening tool, a lack of consistent psychometric evidence undermines the SDQ's utility as a sound diagnostic tool for all youth. This study focused on examining the…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Hispanic American Students, Behavior Problems, Child Behavior
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Kilgus, Stephen P.; Eklund, Katie; von der Embse, Nathaniel P. – Psychology in the Schools, 2019
The purpose of the current study was to examine the validity and diagnostic accuracy of the "Intervention Selection Profile--Social Skills" (ISP-SS), a brief social skills assessment tool intended for use with students in need of Tier 2 intervention. Participants included 160 elementary and middle school students who had been identified…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Intervention, Interpersonal Competence, At Risk Students
Kilgus, Stephen P.; Eklund, Katie; von der Embse, Nathaniel P. – Grantee Submission, 2019
The purpose of the current study was to examine the validity and diagnostic accuracy of the "Intervention Selection Profile-Social Skills" (ISP-SS), a brief social skills assessment tool intended for use with students in need of Tier 2 intervention. Participants included 160 elementary and middle school students who had been identified…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Intervention, Interpersonal Competence, At Risk Students
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Renshaw, Tyler L.; Bolognino, Sarah J. – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2017
The present study reports on the psychometric defensibility of the Psychological Wellbeing and Distress Screener (PWDS), which is a 10-item self-report behavior rating scale for measuring youth's bidimensional (also known as dual-factor or two-continua) mental health. The PWDS was developed using preexisting items within the Health Behavior in…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Well Being, Mental Health, Behavior Rating Scales
Huscroft-D'Angelo, Jacqueline; Duppong Hurley, Kristin; Lambert, Matthew; Trout, Alexandra – Grantee Submission, 2018
Parent empowerment involves the ability of caregivers to meet the needs of their family while maintaining feelings of control and is particularly important for families of children at-risk. It is necessary to establish reliable and valid tools to measure parent empowerment. The purpose of this study was to examine the internal factor structure,…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Test Validity, Measures (Individuals), Likert Scales
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Emam, Mahmoud Mohamed; Kazem, Ali Mahdi; Al-Zubaidy, Abdulqawi Salim – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2016
Children with emotional and behavioural difficulties (EBDs) began to receive considerable attention in several countries in the Middle East and North Africa region including Oman. In the Omani context, there is lack of valid assessment instruments which can be used to obtain information on EBDs in schools. The current study used the Arabic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Problems, Screening Tests
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Volpe, Robert J.; Briesch, Amy M. – School Psychology Quarterly, 2015
Direct Behavior Rating-Multi-Item Scales (DBR-MIS) have been developed as formative measures of behavioral assessment for use in school-based problem-solving models. Initial research has examined the dependability of composite scores generated by summing all items comprising the scales. However, it has been argued that DBR-MIS may offer assessment…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Outcome Measures, Progress Monitoring, Student Behavior
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Lane, Kathleen Lynne; Oakes, Wendy Peia; Cantwell, Emily D.; Menzies, Holly Mariah; Schatschneider, Christopher; Lambert, Warren; Common, Eric Alan – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2017
We report results of an exploratory validation study of the "Student Risk Screening Scale-Internalizing and Externalizing" (SRSS-IE) applied with the first sample of middle and high school students from nine middle and three high schools from three states. The "Student Risk Screening Scale" (SRSS) was modified to broaden the…
Descriptors: Scores, Psychometrics, Evidence, Middle Schools
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