General Information

During the Enactive Social Knowledge Interview, a child is asked to respond to six hypothetical social dilemmas or stories. The child answers the interviewer through the use of puppets and other toys, while being rated on friendliness and aggressiveness.

Number of Versions:	1
Version:	Enactive Social Knowledge Interview
Author(s):	Jacquelyn Mize and Gary W. Ladd
Date of Publication:	1988
Material(s) Needed for Test:	Puppets
Manual:	Available
Time to Administer:	30 minutes
Charge for one form or kit:	No

Purpose and Nature of Test

Construct(s) Measured:	Aggression
Population for which designed:	Age Range: 4 through 5 years old
Method of Administration:	Individual
Source of Information:	Self
Subtests and Scores:	Friendliness, Assertiveness
Number of Items:	6
Type of Scale:	Open response

Technical Evaluation

Norms: 

Sample Size:	39
Population:	A public day-care center in northwestern Indiana.
Culture/ethnicity:	Not reported by author(s).
SES Level:	Low to Middle

Reliability: 

Psychometric information:	Provided for Subscales.
The range of Test-Retest Value:	0.52 to 0.77
The range of Inter-rater reliability:	0.69 to 0.84
The range of Internal consistency:	0.85 to 0.86

Validity: 

Criterion validity data has not been presented or published in study.

Practical Evaluation

Scoring Procedure:	Manual Scoring
Examiner Qualifications and Training Required:	None
Permission Required to Use Instrument:	Yes
If yes, by whom:	Jacquelyn Mize

Notes

Original Reference(s):

Mize, J., & Ladd, G. W. (1988). Predicting preschoolers' peer behavior and status from their interpersonal strategies: A comparison of verbal and enactive responses to hypothetical social dilemmas. Developmental Psychology, 24 (6), 782-788.

Other Reference(s):

Eisenberg, N., Fabes, R. A., Minore, D., Mathy, R., Hanish, L., & Brown, T. (1994). Children's enacted interpersonal strategies: Their relations to social behavior and negative emotionality. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 40 (20), 212-232. Eisenberg, N., Fabes, R. A., Shepard, S. A., Murphy, B. C., Guthrie, I. K., Jones, S., Friedman, J., Poulin, R., & Maszk, P. (1997). Contemporaneous and longitudinal prediction of children's social functioning from regulation and emotionality. Child Development, 68 (4), 642-664.

Contact

Name:	Dr. Jacquelyn Mize, Professor
Organization:	Auburn University, Department of Human Development and Family Studies
Address:	203 Spidle Hall
City:	Auburn
State:	AL
Zip:	36849
Phone:	(334) 844-4151
Fax:	(334) 844-4515
E-mail:	jmize@humsci.auburn.edu
Website:	http://www.humsci.auburn.edu

Last updated by Violence Institute of New Jersey:  February 2007