title: The Peer Preference Test as a measure of reward value: item analysis, cross-validation, concurrent validation, and replication.
abstract: Thirty-six preschoolers were administered and retested on a 15-item Peer Preference Test designed to measure the reward value of peers for each child. Test-retest reliability was .88, and after item analyses, 12 items were maintained in the test. The revised test was then administered to 29 other preschoolers. Test-retest reliability was .77, and item analyses indicated that each item made a significant contribution to the overall test. Concurrent validation of the test was demonstrated using both a picture sociometric and a behavioral measure. In addition, the Evers-Pasquale and Sherman (1975) study was replicated, using 10 preschool social isolates.
mesh_terms: D001521:Behavior Therapy; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007100:Imitative Behavior; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D010379:Peer Group; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011594:Psychometrics; D012201:Reward; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012919:Social Behavior; D012934:Social Isolation