Nguyen Cong Khanh

Social Problem Solving Test for Adolescents Nguyen Cong Khanh

Researchers, practitioners, educators and psychologists have recognized that life is full of problems to be solved and that humans are problem-solvers. The structure of this book includes six chapters. Chapter 1 addresses approaches underlying social problem-solving approach, main concepts and factors influencing an individual's performance of social problem solving. Chapter 2 presents methodological issues in social problem-solving assessment. Chapter 3 identifies interpersonal difficulties in adolescents to develop a taxonomy of adolescent interpersonal problems, while chapter 4 points to modifying an empirically supported, multidimentional model of social problem solving to design test subscales/scales and standardizing testing procedures which base on a cognitive-behaviour-analytic approach to develop test items. Chapters 5 and 6 present evidence concerning test reliability and validity and discussions of psychological testing properties, as well as implications for practice and future research.