The Psychosocial Strengths Inventory for Children and Adolescents: A Preliminary Evaluation

Mitchell Todd; Larissa N. Niec

doi:10.1080/07317107.2022.2050658

The Psychosocial Strengths Inventory for Children and Adolescents: A Preliminary Evaluation

Mitchell Todd, Larissa N. Niec

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Abstract

The Psychosocial Strengths Inventory for Children and Adolescents (PSICA) was created to address the need for a valid and practical measure of children’s psychosocial strengths that is feasible for use in psychological assessment and treatment. We evaluated the PSICA’s reliability and validity in a sample of 49 families. Parents completed measures of child psychosocial competence and behavior problems. The PSICA demonstrated good internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and negative associations with child behavior problems. The PSICA is a promising measure for the assessment of child competence and outcomes of parenting interventions.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	79-88
Number of pages	10
Journal	Child and Family Behavior Therapy
Volume	44
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/07317107.2022.2050658
State	Published - 2022

Keywords

Behavior problems
child assessment
child strengths
measurement
psychosocial competence

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