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Abstract
The Behavioral Assertiveness Test for Children (BAT-C) is a widely used role-play test for assessing assertive responding in children. Past research has indicated that this assessment technique is sensitive to treatment and generalization effects, however, the psychometric properties of the BAT-C have not been previously addressed. The present study was designed to examine several internal psychometric properties of this assessment method. Both verbal and nonverbal measures were used to assess the BAT-C's internal consistency, item-total correlation and to perform step-wise multiple regression analyses. Results and implications for further use of this role-play test are discussed.