Social Skills Rating System (SSRS)

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Instrument Overview

The assessment tool, developed by Gresham & Eliot (1990), is designed to help professionals screen and classify children with potential social behavior issues and guide the creation of appropriate interventions. It includes scales for Social Skills (Cooperation, Assertion, Responsibility, Empathy, Self-Control), Problem Behaviors (Externalizing, Bullying, Hyperactivity/Inattention, Internalizing), and Academic Competence (Reading Achievement, Math Achievement, Motivation to Learn).

Organization

Topic
Student Well-Being
Student Well-Being Category
Student Social and Emotional Competencies

American Institutes for Research® partnered with the Annenberg Institute at Brown University to collect instruments related to student well-being.

Tags
Motivation,
Social and emotional learning

Content

Grades
< 3 Years,
Pre-Kindergarten,
Kindergarten,
1st Grade,
2nd Grade,
3rd Grade,
4th Grade,
5th Grade,
6th Grade,
7th Grade,
8th Grade,
9th Grade,
10th Grade,
11th Grade,
12th Grade
Keywords
Student Well-BeingSelf‐Management ; Relationship Skills ; Responsible decision‐making (Lack of Risky/ Disruptive/Externalizing Behaviors and Internalizing Symptoms) ; Academic Competence
Respondent
Student,
Teacher,
Parent

Administration Information

Length
Item counts ranging from 34 to 57

Access and Use

Price

See price information on Pearson's website: https://www.pearsonassessments.com/store/en/usd/p/100001940.html

Open Access
No
Setting
Classroom,
Other

Psychometrics (additional guidance)

Psychometric References

Demaray, M. K., Ruffalo, S. L., Carlson, J., Busse, R. T., Olson, A. E., McManus, S. M., & Leventhal, A. (1995). Social skills assessment: A comparative evaluation of six published rating scales. School Psychology Review, 24, 648‐671.

Diperna, J.C., & Volpe, R.J. (2005). Self-report on the Social Skills Rating System: Analysis of reliability and validity for an elementary sample. Psychology in the Schools, 42(4), 345-354.

Gresham, F. M., & Elliott, S. N. (1990). The Social Skills Rating System. Circle Pines, MN: American Guidance Service.