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2018-11-02
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Author: Trevisan, Dominic A.
Author: Tafreshi, Donna
Author: Slaney, Kathleen L.
Author: Yager, Jodi
Author: Iarocci, Grace
Abstract
The current study contributes to previous work on measuring the social phenotype in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) by validating a multidimensional test of social competence developed for use with individuals with and without ASD. The “Multidimensional Social Competence Scale” (MSCS) was previously validated as a parent-rating scale with youth 11–18 years with ASD without intellectual disability and typically developing adolescents of comparable age. The current study presents a validation of a self-report version of the MSCS in a non-clinical young adult population (N = 1178, males = 360, females = 817, age range = 17– 25 years). The MSCS consists of seven domains that represent social competence: social motivation, social inferencing, demonstrating empathic concern, social knowledge, verbal conversation skills, nonverbal sending skills, and emotion regulation. These domains are theorized to be indicative of the higher-order construct of social competence. A second higher-order theorization of the MSCS structure posits that 3 of these factors are indicative of social responsiveness, and the remaining 4 factors are indicative of social understanding and emotion regulation. Our findings indicated support for each of the theorized multidimensional factor structures. Reliability, optimal scoring, convergent and discriminant validity of the measure, as well as implications for future research are discussed.
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Trevisan DA, Tafreshi D, Slaney KL, Yager J, Iarocci G (2018) A psychometric evaluation of the Multidimensional Social Competence Scale (MSCS) for young adults. PLoS ONE 13(11): e0206800. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0206800
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PLoS ONE
Document title
A psychometric evaluation of the Multidimensional Social Competence Scale (MSCS) for young adults
Date
2018
Volume
13
Issue
11
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10.1371/journal.pone.0206800
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English
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