title: Validating the Street Survival Skills Questionnaire.
abstract: The utility of the Street Survival Skills Questionnaire was investigated using a sample of 18 trainable mentally retarded males attending public schools. Pearson product-moment correlations were computed among the total scores, four standard scores on the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale-Survey Form, and three Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised IQs. The Street Skills scores correlated significantly with Vineland Daily Living scores and WISC-R Full Scale and Performance IQs; however, nonsignificant relationships were obtained with WISC-R Verbal IQs, Vineland Composite scores, Communication Domain scores, and Socialization Domain scores. The use of the questionnaire in assessment of adaptive behavior was supported but within a narrow scope, i.e., daily or functional living knowledge.
authors.affiliation: School of Education, University of Alabama at Birmingham 35294.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Janniro
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Sapp
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Kohler
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000523:psychology*; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003142:Communication; D004495:Education of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011594:Psychometrics; D012951:Socialization