Out now: The Behavioral, Emotional, and Social Skills Inventory (BESSI)


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Lechner CM, Knopf T, Napolitano CM, Rammstedt B, Roberts BW, Soto CJ, Spengler M. The Behavioral, Emotional, and Social Skills Inventory (BESSI): Psychometric Properties of a German-Language Adaptation, Temporal Stabilities of the Skills, and Associations with Personality and Intelligence. Journal of Intelligence. 2022; 10(3):63. https://doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence10030063

Social, emotional, and behavioral (SEB) skills comprise a broad set of abilities that are essential for building and maintaining relationships, regulating emotions, selecting and pursuing goals, or exploring novel stimuli. Toward an improved SEB skill assessment, Soto and colleagues recently introduced the Behavioral, Emotional, and Social Skills Inventory (BESSI). Measuring 32 facets from 5 domains with 192 items .