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Brief Report

The Psychosocial Strengths Inventory for Children and Adolescents: A Preliminary Evaluation

, MA & , PhD
Pages 79-88 | Received 30 Sep 2021, Accepted 25 Feb 2022, Published online: 23 Mar 2022
 

Abstract

The Psychosocial Strengths Inventory for Children and Adolescents (PSICA) was created to address the need for a valid and practical measure of children’s psychosocial strengths that is feasible for use in psychological assessment and treatment. We evaluated the PSICA’s reliability and validity in a sample of 49 families. Parents completed measures of child psychosocial competence and behavior problems. The PSICA demonstrated good internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and negative associations with child behavior problems. The PSICA is a promising measure for the assessment of child competence and outcomes of parenting interventions.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

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Funding

This work was supported by the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation under Grant 002835.SAP and the Central Michigan University Graduate Research and Creative Endeavors Grant.

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