Social Skill Inventory-2 Del-Prette: expanding and updating psychometric properties

DEL PRETTE, Zilda Aparecida Pereira; DEL PRETTE, Almir; PEIXOTO, Evandro Morais

doi:10.1590/1982-0275202138e190124

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PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT • Estud. psicol. 38 • 2021 • https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-0275202138e190124 copy

Social Skill Inventory-2 Del-Prette: expanding and updating psychometric properties

Inventário de Habilidades Sociais-2 Del-Prette: ampliando e atualizando as propriedades psicométricas

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Abstract

The aim of this research was to update the psychometric properties of the Del-Prette Social Skills Inventory-2, a measure of social performance in social interaction situations. The sample consisted of 4,250 participants of both sexes aged between 18 and 59 years old (M = 35.85; df = 11.33; 51.1% woman). Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling suggested the adequacy of the internal structure of the original version of the instrument, consisting of five factors: Assertive Conversation, Affective-Sexual Approach, Expression of positive sentiment, Self-Control/Coping, and Social Resourcefulness, all of them with good reliability indicators, alphas higher than 0.774, and measurement invariance indicators across groups as a function of sex and different age ranges. The Partial Credit Model provided the item’s and participant’s parameters: difficulty level/theta and adjustment indices, which were adequate. The results suggest that the inventory is a suitable measure of social skills for professional and research purposes.

Keywords
Assertiveness; Interpersonal relations; Item response theory; Psychometrics; Sociability

SSI2-Del-Prette – Items		F1	F2	F3	F4	F5
08. Participating in conversation		0.712
17. Ending a conversation		0.694
18. Dealing with parental criticism		0.675
13. Responding to a compliment		0.669
24. Ending a telephone conversation		0.573
33. Negotiating the use of condom		0.545
36. Maintaining a conversation		0.521
19. Addressing authority figures		0.474				0.298
26. Asking strangers for favors		0.455
23. Asking questions to strangers		0.451
22. Refusing abusive requests		0.434
09. Speaking to an unknown audience		0.407				0.336
02. Requesting a change of conduct		0.393
12. Approaching sexual intercourse			0.754
07. Introducing yourself to another person			0.563
20. Declaring romantic feelings			0.442
01. Maintaining a conversation with strangers						0.326
28. Praising family members				0.808
10. Expressing positive feelings				0.625
35. Expressing positive feelings				0.587
03. Thanking for compliments				0.585
06. Praising others				0.539
25. Dealing with fair criticism				0.509
31. Greeting strangers				0.449		0.385
29. Asking acquaintances a question				0.373		0.431
30. Defending others in a group					0.297
15. Dealing with unfair criticism					0.672
16. Disagreeing in a group of acquaintances					0.660
27. Expressing displeasure to friends					0.384
11. Disagreeing with authority figures					0.353	0.332
	Cronbach’s alpha	0.934	0.774	0.894	0.840	0.840
	Explained variance	20.8	6.2	16.2	6.9	9.7
Correlation between factors
F1 - Assertive conversation		-
F2 - Affective-sexual approach		0.153	-
F3 - Expression of positive feeling		0.139	0.211	-
F4 - Self-control/Coping		0.087	0.348	0.336	-
F5 - Social resourcefulness		0.158	0.217	0.333	0.081	-

Group / model		Parameters	WLSMV ƛ² (df)	p	CFI	TLI	RMESA (CI 90%)
Sex
	Female	257	1095.527(295)	< 0.001	0.967	0.952	0.036 (0.034-0.038)
	Male	257	872.350(295)	< 0.001	0.971	0.958	0.030 (0.028-0.033)
	Configural	514	1959.187(590)	< 0.001	0.969	0.955	0.033 (0.031-0.035)
	Scalar	307	2556.437(797)	< 0.001	0.961	0.957	0.032 (0.031-0.034)
Age
	> 18 < 39	257	946.987(295)	< 0.001	0.965	0.949	0.036 (0.033-0.039)
	> 40 < 59	257	1191.343(295)	< 0.001	0.966	0.949	0.035 (0.033-0.037)
	Configural	514	2125.774(590)	< 0.001	0.966	0.946	0.035 (0.033-0.037)
	Scalar	307	2685.673(797)	< 0.001	0.958	0.954	0.033 (0.032-0.035)

Assertive conversation					Affective-sexual approach					Expression of positive feeling
Items	b	Infit	Outfit	CORR.	Items	b	Infit	Outfit	CORR.	Items	b	Infit	Outfit	CORR.
2	0.22	0.99	1.18	0.40	7	0.29	1.01	0.99	0.74	3	-0.67	1.05	1.09	0.45
8	-0.33	1.04	0.94	0.61	12	0.69	0.94	0.90	0.75	6	0.40	0.92	0.96	0.61
13	-0.07	0.86	0.85	0.61	20	-0.98	1.02	1.04	0.72	10	0.32	1.09	1.04	0.60
17	-0.14	0.86	0.84	0.61						25	0.32	1.05	1.10	0.56
18	-0.42	0.95	0.93	0.58						28	-0.78	0.83	0.68	0.53
19	0.26	0.87	0.89	0.56						29	0.13	1.09	1.03	0.58
22	0.19	1.13	1.17	0.50						31	0.34	1.12	1.15	0.58
23	0.24	1.03	1.09	0.52						35	-0.06	0.92	0.98	0.55
24	0.05	0.97	0.97	0.57
26	0.14	1.15	1.15	0.53
33	-0.30	1.64	1.56	0.50
36	0.15	0.80	0.82	0.58
M	0.00	1.02	1.03			0.00	0.99	0.98			0.00	1.01	1.00
SD	0.23	0.21	0.20			0.71	0.04	0.06			0.44	0.10	0.13
Self-control/Coping					Social resourcefulness
Items	b	Infit	Outfit	CORR.	Items	b	Infit	Outfit	CORR.
11	0.33	1.00	1.00	0.62	1	0.72	1.03	1.02	0.56
15	-0.21	1.12	1.08	0.62	9	0.26	1.41	1.36	0.52
16	-0.11	0.89	0.87	0.65	11	0.53	0.97	0.98	0.58
27	0.36	1.07	1.06	0.61	19	0.27	1.13	1.14	0.53
30	-0.37	0.95	1.00	0.53	29	-0.66	0.73	0.62	0.66
					31	-0.47	1.07	1.08	0.52
M	0.00	1.00	1.00			0.00	1.01	0.98
SD	0.29	0.08	0.08			0.54	0.22	0.25

Summary	Assertive conversation			Affective-sexual approach			Expression of positive feeling
Summary	Measure	Infit	Outfit	Measure	Infit	Outfit	Measure	Infit	Outfit
M	0.60	1.03	1.03	-0.14	0.95	0.98	1.65	1.03	1.00
SD	0.71	0.53	0.55	1.18	0.96	1.02	0.92	0.56	0.57
Minimum	3.04	3.63	5.10	2.51	7.00	9.90	3.31	3.75	4.48
Maximum	-2.97	0.05	0.06	-2.55	0.06	0.06	-1.25	0.08	0.09
Summary	Self-control/Coping			Social Resourcefulness
Summary	Measure	Infit	Outfit	Measure	Infit	Outfit
M	0.50	1.00	1.00	0.72	1.03	0.98
SD	0.85	0.73	0.75	0.80	0.65	0.63
Minimum	2.70	4.37	5.43	2.85	5.61	6.76
Maximum	-2.76	0.04	0.04	-3.00	0.03	0.03

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[1] Correspondence to: Z.A.P. DEL PRETTE. E-mail: <zdprette@ufscar.br>.