title: A revised interpersonal circumplex inventory of children's social goals.
abstract: Motivational factors such as social goals are important features of developing social adjustment, and thus researchers studying social adjustment need psychometrically sound measures of social goals. A valid measure of social goals for English-speaking youth is lacking. Such a measure would increase understanding of children's social adjustment and allow for testing developmental models of social goals and interpersonal functioning. The authors' aim was to revise the Interpersonal Goals Inventory for Children (IGI-C) for an English-speaking sample and examine its validity. The revised IGI-C (IGI-CR) fit a circumplex model and performed as expected with most external criterion variables examined. In addition, some differences were observed across males and females, offering insights into gender differences in social goals. Results support the IGI-CR as a sound measure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA. emtrucco@buffalo.edu
authors.forename: Elisa M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Trucco
authors.forename: Aidan G C
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: Craig R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Colder
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology; D002605:Character; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006040:Goals; D006608:Hierarchy, Social; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D015233:Models, Statistical; D010379:Peer Group; D010552:Personality Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D025341:Principal Component Analysis; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012307:Risk Factors; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012933:Social Identification; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology