Computerized Assessment of Social Information Processing

描述(由申请人提供)：这项拟议的第二阶段项目的目的是开发和规范一个音频计算机辅助自访(音频-CASI)软件包，用于评估3至5年级男孩的社交信息处理技能(Sips)。过去25年的研究已经建立了sips与青少年攻击性和犯罪行为之间的一致关系。此外，目前大多数旨在预防或治疗儿童和青少年破坏性行为障碍、攻击性行为或犯罪的循证计划都是基于SIPS模型(Crick&Dodge，1994)，并利用社会认知干预技术。尽管在青少年攻击性和暴力行为的研究和治疗方面取得了许多进展，但目前尚不存在具有已知心理测量学特性的标准化、规范化的sips测量方法。因此，心理健康专业人员和研究人员无法获得最先进的措施来评估其干预措施的有效性或建立与社会认知功能有关的治疗目标。第一阶段包括成功开发了一个带有三个视频片段的软件原型，并对3至5年级的白人和黑人男孩使用该软件进行了可行性研究。第一阶段的初步结果表明，目标儿童群体的接受度很高。目前第二阶段应用的目标包括完成评估措施和对战略规划编制方案评估进行独立评估，以建立发展规范。具体地说，将针对3至5年级白人、黑人和西班牙裔男孩之间的常见误解完成Vignette脚本，其中一个男孩的结果是负面的，另一个男孩的意图不明确；专业质量、社会状况的数字视频剪辑将被拍摄；软件程序将完成，并将添加一个临床报告组件，该组件将总结评估结果并为对软件的反应提供临床影响。标准化样本将包括在农村、城市和郊区按年级和种族分层的同等数量的青年。将收集和分析有关该测量的常模、可靠性、同时标准有效性和消费者满意度的数据。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The purpose of this proposed Phase II project is to develop and norm an audio computer-assisted self-interviewing (audio-CASI) software package for assessing social information processing skills (SIPS) in 3rd to 5th grade boys. Research over the past 25 years has established a consistent relationship between SIPS and aggressive and delinquent behavior in youth. In addition, the majority of current evidence-based programs designed to prevent or treat disruptive behavior disorders, aggressive behavior, or delinquency in children and adolescents are predicated on the SIPS model (Crick & Dodge, 1994) and utilize social cognitive intervention techniques. Despite these many advances in the study and treatment of aggressive and violent behavior in youth, there currently exist no standardized, normed measures of SIPS with known psychometric properties. Thus, mental health professionals and researchers do not have access to state-of-the-art measures to assess the effectiveness of their interventions or to establish treatment goals related to social cognitive functioning. Phase I included the successful development of a prototype of the software with three video vignettes and a feasibility study of its use with 3rd through 5th grade white and black boys. Preliminary Phase I results show high acceptability among the target group of children. The aims of the current Phase II application include the completion of the assessment measure and an independent evaluation of the SIPS assessment to establish developmental norms. Specifically, vignette scripts will be completed regarding common misunderstandings among 3rd through 5th grade White, Black, and Hispanic boys, where there is a negative outcome for one boy and ambiguous intent on the part of another; professional quality, digital video clips of the social situations will be filmed; and the software program will be completed with the addition of a clinical report component including shells that will summarize the assessment findings and provide clinical implications for responses to the software. The standardization sample will include equal numbers of youth stratified by grade and race in rural, urban and suburban settings. Data on the norms, reliability, concurrent criterion validity, and consumer satisfaction of the measure will be collected and analyzed.