Children's Self-Efficacy for Peer Interaction Scale

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Instrument Overview

This 22-item questionnaire is designed to assess children's perceptions of their ability to enact prosocial verbal persuasive skills in specific peer situations. 12 scale items describeconflict situations, and 10 items describenon-conflict situations. Students are asked to respond to each situation on a four-point Likert scale.

Organization

Topic
Teacher and Leader Development
Tags
Instructional practices,
Learning environments

Content

Grades
3rd Grade,
4th Grade
Languages
English
Respondent
Student

Administration Information

Length
22 items
Administration
Paper

Access and Use

Link
https://doi.org/10.1037/0012-1649.18.6.795
Open Access
Yes
Use in Research
Andreou, E., Didaskalou, E., & Vlachou, A. (2015). Bully/victim problems among Greek pupils with special educational needs: Associations with loneliness and self-efficacy for peer interactions. Journal of Research in Special Education Needs, 15(4), 235-246. https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-3802.12028 Gold, J. I. et al. (2008). An expanded transactional stress and coping model for siblings of children with sick cell disease: Family functioning and sibling coping, self-efficacy and perceived social support. Child: Care, Health, and Development, 34(4), 491-502. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2214.2008.00810.x Giannouli, V., Sarris, D., & Evmorfia, G. (2019). Investigating the relationship among mental resilience, culture self-esteem and self-efficacy for peer interaction of students with and without mild special educational needs. European Journal of Special Education Research, 5(2), 155-177. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3598123 Ladd, G. W. & Price, J. M. (1986). Promoting children's cognitive and social competence: The relationship between parents' perceptions of task difficulty and children's perceived and actual competence. Child Development, 57, 446-460. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1130600

Psychometrics (additional guidance)

Psychometric References

Wheeler, V. A., Ladd, G. W. (1982). Assessment of children's self-efficacy for social interactions with peers. Developmental Psychology, 18(6), 795-805. https://doi.org/10.1037/0012-1649.18.6.795