Engaging Parents And Families To Support The Recovery Of Districts And Schools
Category: Families and Communities
Instrument Overview
The Challenging Situations Task (CST) is designed to assess a child's affective and behavioral responses when presented with hypothetical peer situations. The design of this instrument consists of the presentation of pictures of a particular situations, accompanied by verbal descriptions. Children are then prompted to indicate how they feel about the situation and asked to choose from four emotion choices using schematic drawings.
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Organization
Topic
Student Well-Being Category
American Institutes for Research® partnered with the Annenberg Institute at Brown University to collect instruments related to student well-being.
Content
Grades
< 3 Years,
Pre-Kindergarten
Keywords
Student Well-Being ; Social-Emotional Competence ; Self Management ; Relationship Skills ; Responsible Decision Making
Languages
English
Respondent
Student
Administration Information
Length
3 items
Administration
Paper
Access and Use
Open Access
Yes
Setting
Classroom
Psychometrics (additional guidance)
Psychometric References
Denham, S. A. et al. (2014). "How would you feel? What would you do?: Development and underpinnings of preschoolers' social information processing. Journal of Research in Child Education, 28(2), 182-202. https://doi.org/10.1080/02568543.2014.883558
Wenz-Gross, M. W., Yoo, Y., Upshur, C. C., & Gambino, A. J. (2018). Pathways to kindergarten readiness: The roles of second step early learning curriculum and social emotional, executive functioning, preschool academic and task behavior skills. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01886
