School social Behavior scales: An adaptation study of the Portuguese version of the social competence scale from SSBS-2

Spanish Journal of Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1473-1484

  Raimundo, Raquel ^a   Carapito, Elsa ^a   Pereira, Ana Isabel ^a   Pinto, Alexandra Marques ^a   Lima, Maria Luísa ^b   Ribeiro, Maria Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Assessment; School Social Behavior Scales; Social competence; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; PEER GROUP; PORTUGAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHOOL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STANDARD; STUDENT; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PEER GROUP; PORTUGAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHOOLS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS;

EID: 84871189621     PISSN: 11387416     EISSN: 19882904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5209/rev_sjop.2012.v15.n3.39431     Document Type: Article

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