| Measure Description | Source of measure | Briggs-Gowan, M. J., & Carter, A. S. (2006). BITSEA: Brief infant-toddler social and emotional assessment. Examiner's manual. Harcourt Assessment. |
| Mode of administration | Parent report, child care provider report |
| Age range for use | 12-36 months |
| Domains Assessed | Identifies emerging social-emotional problems. Provides total scores for social-emotional problems and social-emotional competence. |
| Related Measures | ITSEA |
| Burden | Training needed to administer | Parent/teacher report; Master's Degree or equivalent training/experience to interpret
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| Minutes to complete | 7-10 minutes |
| # of items | 42 |
| Cost | Yes |
| Adaptation for AIAN use | Adapted | No |
| Developer allows adaptation? | No |
| Used with AIAN populations? | Yes |
| Psychometrics | Norm-referenced | Yes |
| AIAN: Cronbach's alpha range | Not yet available |
| AIAN: Evidence of validity | Not yet available |
| Other populations: Cronbach's alpha range | Internal consistency is good: problem scale .79-.80, competence scale.66- .69 (de Wolff et al., 2010; Karabekiroglu et al., 2010). Briggs-Gowan and Carter (2007) report that the majority of the scales' internal consistency is above .70. Interrater reliability was also good: problem scale Spearman's p = .66, competence Spearman's p = .63 (Karabekiroglu et al., 2010). |
| Other populations: Evidence of validity | BITSEA demonstrates criterion validity; it is correlated with the Child Behavior Checklist, the Aberrant Behavior Checklist, the Autistic Behavior Checklist, and Ages and Stages Questionnaire, the Brief Instrument Psychological and Pedagogical Problem Inventory, the Mullen Scales of Early Learning, and the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales (Briggs-Gowan & Carter, 2007; de Wolff et al., 2013; Hungerford, Garcia, & Bagner, 2015; Karabekiroglu et al., 2010). The BITSEA predicts later scores on the Child Behavior Checklist (Hungerford et al., 2015). The BITSEA accurately discriminates between 24-month old children with and without psychosocial problems (de Wolff et al., 2013). de Wolff and colleagues (2013) conclude that the BITSEA is the best short tool for detecting psychological problems among 2-year-olds. |
| Source | Developer | Pearson |
| Link | pearsonclinical.com |
| Summary | Comments about sensitivity to change | Following intervention, caregivers report greater child competence on the BITSEA (Spieker, Oxford, Kelly, Nelson, & Fleming, 2012). |
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