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Category: Student Well-Being and Mental Health
The Social Competence and Behavioral Evaluation - 30 (SCBE-30) is a short version of an 80 item Likert measure for parents and teachers to assess social-emotional competence, internalizing behaviors, and externalizing behaviors in preschool children. It was formerly sold by WPS Publishing but no longer is. It has been translated into many languages and is used in cross-national comparisons.
Content
Grades
Pre-Kindergarten,
Kindergarten,
4
Languages
English
Spanish
Chinese
Other Language/s
Dutch, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Slovenian, Vietnamese
Respondent
Teacher
Parent
Administration Information
Length
15 minutes
Administration
Paper
Access and Use
Use in Research
Allan, N. P., & Lonigan, C. J. (2011). Examining the dimensionality of effortful control in preschool children and its relation to academic and socioemotional indicators. Developmental Psychology, 47(4), 905-915. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0023748
Bayindir, D., Güven, G., Sezer, T., Aksin-Yavuz, E., & Yilmaz, E. (2017). The relationship between maternal acceptance-rejection levels and preschoolers' social competence and emotion regulation skills. Journal of Education and Learning, 6(2), 305-316. https://doi.org/10.5539/jel.v6n2p305
Chen, Q., & Jiang, Y. (2002). Social competence and behavior problems in Chinese preschoolers. Early Education and Development, 13(2), 171-186. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15566935eed1302_4
LaFreniere, P., Masataka, N., Butovskaya, M., Chen, Q., Auxiliadora Dessen, M., Atwanger, K., … Frigerio, A. (2002). Cross-cultural analysis of social competence and behavior problems in preschoolers. Early Education & Development, 13(2), 201–220. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15566935eed1302_6
Roskam, I., Hoang, T. V., & Schelstraete, M. A. (2017). A cross-cultural comparison of Belgian and Vietnamese children’s social competence and behavior. Early Education and Development, 28(4), 475-487. https://doi.org/10.1080/10409289.2016.1248167
Psychometrics
Scoring
Manual scoring
Referencing
Norm-referenced
Psychometric References
Humphrey, N., Kalambouka, A., Wigelsworth, M., Lendrum, A., Lennie, C., & Farrell, P. (2010). New Beginnings: Evaluation of a short social–emotional intervention for primary‐aged children. Educational Psychology, 30(5), 513–532. https://doi.org/10.1080/01443410.2010.483039
Kotler, J. ., & McMahon, R. . (2002). Differentiating anxious, aggressive, and socially competent preschool children: Validation of the Social Competence and Behavior Evaluation-30 (parent version). Behaviour Research and Therapy, 40(8), 947–959. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0005-7967(01)00097-3
LaFreniere, P. J., & Dumas, J. E. (1996). Social competence and behavior evaluation in children ages 3 to 6 years: The short form (SCBE-30). Psychological Assessment, 8(4), 369–377. https://doi.org/10.1037/1040-3590.8.4.369
National Comparison
Yes
Item Type
Likert
