Challenging Situations Task (CST)

The Challenging Situations Task (CST) is designed to assess a child's affective and behavioral responses when presented with hypothetical peer situations. The design of this instrument consists of the presentation of pictures of a particular situations, accompanied by verbal descriptions. Children are then prompted to indicate how they feel about the situation and asked to choose from four emotion choices using schematic drawings.

Content

Domains
Self Management,
Relationship Skills,
Responsible Decision Making
Grades
Pre-Kindergarten
Languages
English
Respondent
Student

Administration Information

Length
3 items
Administration
Paper
Timed
No

Access and Use

Open Access
Yes
Use in Research

Denham, S. A. et al. (2014). "How would you feel? What would you do?: Development and underpinnings of preschoolers' social information processing. Journal of Research in Child Education, 28(2), 182-202. https://doi.org/10.1080/02568543.2014.883558

Wenz-Gross, M. W., Yoo, Y., Upshur, C. C., & Gambino, A. J. (2018). Pathways to kindergarten readiness: The roles of second step early learning curriculum and social emotional, executive functioning, preschool academic and task behavior skills. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01886

Psychometrics

Scoring
Manual scoring

Psychometric Considerations

Psychometrics is the science of psychological assessment. A primary goal of EdInstruments is to provide information on crucial psychometric topics including Validity and Reliability – essential concepts of evaluation, which indicate how well an instrument measures a construct - as well as additional properties that are worthy of consideration when selecting an instrument of measurement.

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