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Emotional and social intelligence

Social Skills Rating System.

SSRS

What it measures
Social skills (Cooperation, Assertion, Responsibility, Self-Control, Empathy), Problem Behaviors, and Academic Competence in children/adolescents - multi-informant
Length and format
~30-57 per form (teacher/parent/student forms vary). 3-pt frequency (never/sometimes/very often) + importance rating; rated by teacher/parent/self (informant/observer report)
Language versions
Spanish and many international research adaptations (one of the most-translated child social-skills systems before the SSIS)
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
Gresham, F. M., & Elliott, S. N. (1990). Social Skills Rating System. Circle Pines, MN: American Guidance Service (Pearson).

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