Table 1.
Teacher and Student Measures
| Measures | Constructs (# Items) | α |
|---|---|---|
| Teacher-Reported Measures | ||
| Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) (Goodman, 1997) | SDQ Total Score (25 items) | .78 |
| Academic Competence Evaluation Scale (ACES) (DiPerna & Elliott, 1999) – reduced version | ACES Academic Competence (9 items) | .97 |
| ACES Academic Comparison (1 item) | -- | |
| ACES Disciplinary Sanctions for Misbehavior (3 items) | .95 | |
| Social Competence Scale (SCS) (Kam, Greenberg, & Walls, 2003) | SCS Dysregulation (6 items) | .79 |
| SCS Social Competence (7 items) | .94 | |
| SCS Attention (3 items) | .96 | |
| SCS Authority Acceptance (6 items) | .86 | |
| Student Internalizing Symptoms (Achenbach, 1991; Achenbach & Edelbrock, 1986) | Internalizing Symptoms (5 items) | .75 |
| Student-Reported Measures | ||
| Short Mood and Feelings Questionnaire – Child Version (SMFQ) (Angold et al., 1995) | Depressive Symptoms (13 items) | .74 |
| Adolescent Self-Regulatory Inventory (Moilanen, 1997) | Regulation Strategies (13 items) | .68 |
| Children’s Coping Strategies | CCSC Cognitive Decision-Making (4 items) | .70 |
| Checklist (CCSC) (Ayers, Sandler, West, & Roosa, 1996) – reduced | CCSC Support for Actions (5 items) | .60 |
| Emotional Awareness Questionnaire (Rieffe et al., 2007) | Emotional Awareness (30 items) | .76 |
Note. All measures have acceptable psychometric properties. The SDQ Total Score includes items assessing emotional symptoms, conduct problems, hyperactivity, and peer problems. The ACES Academic Comparison item assesses academic performance relative to peers. The SCS Authority Acceptance scale includes items assessing classroom behavior.