Behavior Assessment System for Children, Third Edition.
BASC-3
- What it measures
- Broadband child/adolescent behavior and emotion; clinical scales (e.g., aggression, anxiety, depression, attention problems, atypicality, withdrawal) and adaptive scales (adaptability, social skills, leadership, functional communication); composite indices
- Length and format
- varies by form (Teacher/Parent Rating Scales ~100-175 items; Self-Report of Personality ~130-185). mixed: 4-point frequency ratings (TRS/PRS) and true-false + 4-point (SRP) (mixed-method battery)
- Language versions
- Spanish forms published; adaptations in additional languages (less broadly translated than CBCL/SDQ)
- Normative data
- No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.
- Licence
- copyrighted - commercial
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- Reference
- Reynolds, C. R., & Kamphaus, R. W. (2015). Behavior Assessment System for Children, Third Edition (BASC-3). Bloomington, MN: Pearson. (https://www.pearsonassessments.com)
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