Base Rates of Social Skills Acquisition/Performance Deficits, Strengths, and Problem Behaviors: An Analysis of the Social Skills Improvement System-Rating Scales
Base Rates of Social Skills Acquisition/Performance Deficits, Strengths, and Problem Behaviors: An Analysis of the Social Skills Improvement System-Rating Scales
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DOI：
10.1037/a0020255
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发表时间：
2010-12-01
影响因子：
3.6
通讯作者：
Kettler, Ryan J.
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作者：
Gresham, Frank M.;Elliott, Stephen N.;Kettler, Ryan J.
基础率信息在临床评估中很重要，因为如果不首先知道其在人群中的基础率，就无法知道一种现象有多不寻常或典型。本研究使用具有全国代表性的3-18岁儿童和青少年样本，实证确定了社会技能获得和表现缺陷、社会技能优势和问题行为的基本比率。使用社会技能提高系统评定量表的国家标准化样本（N = 4，550），包括3名受访者（教师，家长和学生）和3个广泛的年龄组（3-5岁，5-12岁和13-18岁），计算这些基本比率。结果表明，在一般人群中，社会技能获得缺陷和问题行为的基本比率非常低。社会技能表现缺陷和社会技能优势的基本比率要高得多，5至12岁年龄组的学生报告的表现缺陷比年龄较大的儿童（13至18岁）少，社会技能优势更多。教师和家长报告说，所有年龄组的学生比5至12岁年龄组的学生有更多的表现缺陷和更少的社交技能优势。这些结果进行了讨论，在临床决策的基础率信息的效用。
Base rate information is important in clinical assessment because one cannot know how unusual or typical a phenomenon is without first knowing its base rate in the population. This study empirically determined the base rates of social skills acquisition and performance deficits, social skills strengths, and problem behaviors using a nationally representative sample of children and adolescent ages 3-18 years. Using the national standardization sample of the Social Skills Improvement System Rating Scales (N = 4,550) across 3 informants (teacher, parent, and student) and across 3 broad age groupings (3-5 years, 5-12 years, and 13-18 years), these base rates were computed. Results showed that the base rates for social skills acquisition deficits and problem behaviors are extremely low in the general population. Base rates for social skills performance deficits and social skills strengths were considerably higher, with students in the 5- to 12-year-old age group reporting fewer performance deficits and more social skills strengths than older children (13-18 years). Teachers and parents reported more performance deficits and fewer social skills strengths across all age groups than students in the 5- to 12-year-old age group. These results are discussed in terms of the utility of base rate information in clinical decision making.