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Title: The Behavioral, Emotional, and Social Skills Inventory (BESSI): Psychometric Properties of a German-Language Adaptation, Temporal Stabilities of the Skills, and Associations with Personality and Intelligence
Authors: Lechner, Clemens M. (ORCID 0000-0003-3053-8701), Knopf, Thomas, Napolitano, Christopher M., Rammstedt, Beatrice (ORCID 0000-0002-6941-8507), Roberts, Brent W., Soto, Christopher J. (ORCID 0000-0002-2875-8919), Spengler, Marion
Source: Journal of Intelligence. 2022 10.
Availability: MDPI AG. Klybeckstrasse 64, 4057 Basel, Switzerland. e-mail: indexing@mdpi.com; e-mail: jintelligence@mdpi.com; Web site: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/jintelligence
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 39
Publication Date: 2022
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Personality Traits, Measures (Individuals), Psychometrics, Intelligence, German, Test Reliability, Test Validity, Factor Structure, Foreign Countries
Geographic Terms: Germany
ISSN: 2079-3200
Abstract: Social, emotional, and behavioral (SEB) skills comprise a broad set of abilities that are essential for building and maintaining relationships, regulating emotions, selecting and pursuing goals, or exploring novel stimuli. Toward an improved SEB skill assessment, Soto and colleagues recently introduced the Behavioral, Emotional, and Social Skills Inventory (BESSI). Measuring 32 facets from 5 domains with 192 items (assessment duration: [approximately]15 min), BESSI constitutes the most extensive SEB inventory to date. However, so far, BESSI exists only in English. In three studies, we comprehensively validated a novel German-language adaptation, BESSI-G. Moreover, we expanded evidence on BESSI in three ways by (1) assessing the psychometric properties of the 32 individual skill facets, in addition to their domain-level structure; (2) providing first insights into the temporal stabilities of the 32 facets over 1.5 and 8 months; and (3) investigating the domains' and facets' associations with intelligence, in addition to personality traits. Results show that BESSI-G exhibits good psychometric properties (unidimensionality, reliability, factorial validity). Its domain-level structure is highly similar to that of the English-language source version. The facets show high temporal stabilities, convergent validity with personality traits, and discriminant validity with fluid and crystallized intelligence. We discuss implications for research on SEB skills.
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