Dissertations and Theses @ UNI
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Keywords
Psychological tests for children; Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder--Testing; Psychological tests for children; Social skills in children--Testing;
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the responses of adolescent boys on a newly developed measure, the Social Skills Inventory for Youth. Participants were recruited from two residential institutions, an outpatient clinic, a laboratory school associated with a medium-sized university, and two middle schools all located in the Midwest. Participants ranged in age from 11 to 17 years. A multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) was conducted to determine if there were differences between boys diagnosed with AD/HD and appropriate nonclinical controls. Results showed a significant effect for group. However, only one subscale was found useful in differentiating between the groups. The reliability of each subscale was then examined using an internal consistency estimation procedure. Only 57 of the 105 items met the corrected item-total correlation standard and four of the seven subscales reached the alpha standard of retention. A second multivariate analysis of variance was then conducted to determine if the items within the subscales could differentiate between the groups. Further analyses showed that only one item within a single subscale was useful in differentiating between the groups. Limitations and future directions for research were discussed.
Year of Submission
1998
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Department of Psychology
First Advisor
Augustine Osman
Second Advisor
Beverly Kopper
Third Advisor
Jane Wong
Date Original
1998
Object Description
1 PDF file (66 leaves)
Copyright
©1998 Rachel Frederickson
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Frederickson, Rachel, "An Evaluation of the Responses of Clinical and Non-Clinical Boys on the Social Skills Inventory for Youth" (1998). Dissertations and Theses @ UNI. 2665.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/etd/2665
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