Matson Johnny L, Boisjoli Jessica A
Department of Psychology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.
Behav Modif. 2008 Jan;32(1):109-20. doi: 10.1177/0145445507307466.
Social skills are defining aspects of intellectual disability (ID). Additionally, their presence or absence can be a major impediment to independent living, and they correlate with other problems in the ID population, such as comorbid psychopathology. To date, little has been done to develop scales to measure these problems, particularly for adults. One exception has been the Matson Evaluation of Social Skills for the Severely Retarded (MESSIER). The scale has well established reliability, however many of its psychometric properties have yet to be explored. This study was designed to establish cutoff scores for the total score and factors and to explore the relationship of individual items to severity of social deficits. Participants are adults with severe or profound ID, assessed on the MESSIER. Specific psychometrics for the test including cutoff scores are established. The implications of these data for theory, research, and practice are discussed.
社交技能是智力残疾（ID）的决定性特征。此外，社交技能的有无可能成为独立生活的主要障碍，并且它们与ID人群中的其他问题相关，例如共病精神病理学。迄今为止，在开发用于测量这些问题的量表方面进展甚微，尤其是针对成年人。一个例外是《严重智力迟钝者社交技能马特森评估量表》（MESSIER）。该量表具有公认的信度，但其许多心理测量特性尚未得到探索。本研究旨在确定总分及各因子的临界分数，并探讨各个项目与社交缺陷严重程度之间的关系。研究参与者为患有严重或极重度ID的成年人，采用MESSIER量表进行评估。建立了该测试的具体心理测量指标，包括临界分数。讨论了这些数据对理论、研究和实践的意义。
