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Validating the Street Survival Skills Questionnaire

F Janniro1, G L Sapp, M P Kohler

  • 1School of Education, University of Alabama at Birmingham 35294.

Psychological Reports
|February 1, 1994
PubMed
Summary

The Street Survival Skills Questionnaire effectively assesses daily living skills in individuals with intellectual disabilities. However, it shows limited correlation with broader adaptive behavior and verbal intelligence measures.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychometrics
  • Special Education
  • Developmental Psychology

Background:

  • Assessing adaptive behavior in individuals with intellectual disabilities is crucial for educational and therapeutic planning.
  • The Street Survival Skills Questionnaire (SSSQ) is designed to measure practical life skills.
  • Understanding the psychometric properties of the SSSQ is essential for its valid application.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the utility and validity of the Street Survival Skills Questionnaire.
  • To examine the correlation between SSSQ scores and measures of adaptive behavior and intelligence.

Main Methods:

  • Pearson product-moment correlations were used to analyze data.
  • The study included 18 males with trainable intellectual disabilities.
  • Measures included the Street Survival Skills Questionnaire, Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale-Survey Form, and Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R).

Main Results:

  • SSSQ total scores significantly correlated with Vineland Daily Living scores and WISC-R Full Scale and Performance IQs.
  • No significant relationships were found between SSSQ scores and WISC-R Verbal IQs.
  • Nonsignificant correlations were observed with Vineland Composite, Communication Domain, and Socialization Domain scores.

Conclusions:

  • The Street Survival Skills Questionnaire demonstrates utility in assessing daily or functional living knowledge.
  • Its application in assessing broader adaptive behavior or specific domains like socialization is limited.
  • Further research may refine the SSSQ's role in comprehensive assessments for individuals with intellectual disabilities.

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