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. 2021 May 4;9:624524. doi: 10.3389/fped.2021.624524

Table 1.

Recommended constructs and measures for social-emotional-behavioral domain.

Construct Measure Type* Admin time (mins) Training required 8 m 14 m 21 m 3 y 4 y 5 y 7 y 9 y 11 y 13 y 15 y 17 y 19 y
Social relationships: parents Nursing Child Assessment Satellite Training (NCAST) Teaching Scale (NCATS) Obs 6 X X X X
Social relationships: parents Parenting Styles and Dimensions Questionnaire (PSDQ) PR 6.5 X X X X X X X
Social relationships: Parents, family, and peers Berkeley Puppet Interview (Warmth and Enjoyment, Anger and Hostility, Responsive, Emotional Availability) SR 16 X X
Social relationships: family PROMIS Family Relationships 8-item Short Form (SF-8) PR and SR 1.5 X-PR X X X X
Social relationships: peers Infant Toddler Social Emotional Assessment (ITSEA): Pro-Social Peer Interaction Scale PR 1 X X X
Social relationships: peers NIH Toolbox Parent Report Measures of Social Relationships (17 items total) PR 4 X X X
Social relationships: peers NIH Toolbox Self Report Measures of Social Relationships (24 items total) SR 5 X X X X X X
Social relationships: peers Berkeley Puppet Interview (Peer Acceptance and Rejection, Antisocial with Peers, Prosocial Behaviors) SR 12 X X
Social capital Social Cohesion Indicators in Flanders (SCIF; 5 items) PR and SR 1 X-PR X-PR X X X X
Temperament Rothbart Infant Behavior Questionnaire-R: Activity Level (7), Distress to Limitations (8), Fear (7), Duration of Orienting (6), Smiling and Laughter (7), Soothability (7), Falling Reactivity (7), Perceptual Sensitivity (6), and Approach (6) for a total of 61 items PR 12 X X
Temperament Rothbart Early Childhood Behavior Questionnaire-R Effortful Control: Inhibitory Control (6), Attention Shifting (8), Attention Focusing (6), Low-intensity Pleasure (6) and Cuddliness (6) for a total of 32 items PR 6 X X
Temperament Laboratory Temperament Assessment Battery (Lab-TAB; select presses) Obs 12 X X X X
Anger NIH Toolbox Proxy Anger 3–7 (9 items) PR 1.5 X X
Anger NIH Toolbox Self-Report Anger (Same as PROMIS Pediatrics Anger self-report) SR 1.5 X X
Depression BITSEA parent report PR 2 X X
Depression Berkeley Puppet Interview (Depression) SR 4 X X
Depression NIH Toolbox Sadness 3–7 Parent Proxy Report PR 1.5 X X
Depression Child Self-Report PROMIS Depression SR 1.5 X X X X
Anxiety BITSEA parent report (internalizing) PR 1.5 X X
Anxiety NIH Toolbox Fear 3–7 Parent Proxy Report PR 2 X X
Anxiety Berkeley Puppet Interview (Overanxiousness) SR 4 X X
Anxiety Child Self-Report PROMIS Anxiety (same as NIH Toolbox Child Self-Report Fear) SR 1.5 X X X X X
Bullying The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS; 2-item self-report) SR 0.5 X X X X X
Aggression and disruptive behavior Multidimensional Assessment of Preschool Disruptive Behavior (MAP-DB) 10 item subset PR 2 X X X X
Aggression and disruptive behavior Behavior Problems Index (BPI); 10-item CBCL-based Externalizing Scale PR and SR 2 X-PR X-PR X-PR X-PR X-PR X
Impulsivity Infant-Toddler Social and Emotional Assessment (ITSEA; Activity/Impulsivity) PR 1 X X
Impulsivity Disruptive Behavior Disorder Rating Scale (DBD) PR 2 X X X
Social competence Social Competence and Behavior Evaluation Inventory-30 (SCBE-30)- Social Competence Scale PR 2 X X X
Social competence-empathy NIH Toolbox Empathic Behaviors PR 2 X X
Social competence-empathy Empathy scale from the Infant-Toddler Social and Emotional Assessment PR 1.5 X X
Self-efficacy/Locus of control/Agency NIH Toolbox Self-Efficacy Survey SR 2 X X
Self-image/Self-concept: academic self-concept and body image Adaptation of the Pictorial Scale of Perceived Competence and Social Acceptance for Young Children (PSPCSA) SR TBD X
Self-image/Self-concept: academic self-concept and body image CHIP-CE/Healthy Pathways Achievement Measure (5 items) SR 1 X X X
Body image Body-Esteem Scale for Adolescents and Adults (BESAA) SR 2 X X X X
Positive affect PROMIS Pediatric Positive Affect PR and SR 1 X-PR X X X X X
Life satisfaction PROMIS Pediatric SF-4 Life Satisfaction—Life Satisfaction SR 1 X X X X X
Purpose in life PROMIS Meaning and Purpose SF-4 Meaning and Purpose in Life SR 1 X X X X X
Optimism Youth Life Orientation Test (YLOT) SR 4 X X X X X
Ethnic-racial socialization Ethnicity typically emphasizes the common history, nationality, geography, language, food, or dress of groups of people (such as Haitian, African-American, European-American, Dominican, Irish, Cantonese, etc.). In your own words, to which ethnic group(s) do you belong?” PR and SR 10 X-PR X-PR X X X
Ethnic-racial socialization Ethnic-Racial Socialization-cultural socialization subscale PR 1 X X
Ethnic-racial socialization Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure-Revised (MEIM-R) SR 1 X X X
Perceived discrimination The Everyday Discrimination Scale Short Version SR 1 X X
Childhood gender and non-conformity Development of an abbreviated Pre-School Activities Inventory (PSAI) PR TBD** X-PR X X
Attraction, identity, and behavior Sexual Attraction Questionnaire SR TBD X
Attraction, identity, and behavior Gender Identity Question SR TBD X
Attraction, identity, and behavior Sexual Activity Questions SR TBD X
Religiosity DUKE University Religion Index (DUREL) SR 1 X X X
Perceived stress and sources of resilience PROMIS Pediatric Stress Response, Psychological Stress Experiences Short Form-4 SR 1 X X X X
Resilience PROMIS Pediatric Stress Response, Psychological Stress Experiences Short Form-4 -Resilience Subscale SR 1 X X X X
Resilience Resilience Scale for Adolescents (READ) SR TBD X X X

PR, parent report.

*

Obs, observational; PR, parent-report; SR, self-report.

**

TBD, Measure to be developed or adapted, so admin time unknown.