Psychometric Characteristic of Social Competence and Behaviour Evaluation (SCBE-30) in a Sample of Nigerian Preschoolers

Social Competence and Behaviour Evaluation (SCBE-30) is a 3-factor (Externalizing, Internalizing Competence) 30-item questionnaire that examines Preschoolers (Kindergarten Nursery). The main goal of this study the validation adaptation scale in Nigeria. 400 pre-schoolers Ile-Oluji, Ondo State, Nigeria are involved while 364 children whose Parental Consent Form was obtained final participants. McDonald’s ωt (McDonald, 1999) measure reliability using psych package from CRAN (Revelle, 2008) used to verify internal consistency scale. original subscale with 10 items novel SCBE-30 version not confirmed by confirmatory factor analysis. Seven showed significant contribution both SC AW all AA have loadings. However, only 4 for loading above 0.40, 3 6 AA. Exploratory analysis boys more aggressive than girls exhibit social competence internalizing behaviour. found be significantly different other factors Anger-Aggression Anxiety-Withdrawal no difference. All inter-factor correlations agreed literature. Five models compared various modifications accepted model Chi-Square = 261.316; GFI 0.946, CFI 0.953, RMSEA 0.027 SRMR 0.047. new 24-item Nigerian sample shows good psychometric characteristics meets criteria as reported researchers where had been earlier validated.