TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2002//
TI  - A tool for identifying preschoolers' deficits in social competence: the Preschool Taxonomy of Problem Situations
JO  - Education and treatment of children
A1  - Blankemeyer, Maureen
A1  - Culp, Rex E.
A1  - Hubbs-Tait, Laura
A1  - Culp, Anne McDonald
SP  - 208
EP  - 223
VL  - 25
IS  - 2
N2  - The purpose of this article is twofold. First, the article describes the development of the Preschool Taxonomy of Problem Situations (PTOPS), a preschool age-appropriate version of the Taxonomy of Problematic Social Situations. The PTOPS is a measure of preschoolers' social competence across specific social contexts. Second, the psychometric properties of the PTOPS are examined using a clinical sample of maltreated children, a population that is frequently characterized by social incompetence. The findings reveal that the PTOPS subscales demonstrate high internal reliability. The PTOPS subscales are also highly convergent with subscales of a widely used measure of preschoolers' problem behavior, the Preschool Behavior Questionnaire. However, the PTOPS subscales are not correlated with another frequently used measure of preschoolers' behavior, the Child Behavior Checklist/2-3. Possible explanations for this discrepancy are discussed, as well as potential practical applications of the PTOPS, and suggestions for future research with the measure.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0748-8491
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -