Vineland Social Maturity Scale

The Vineland Social Maturity Scale is a nonprojective personality measurement scale designed to help in the assessment of social competence.^[1][2] It was developed by the American psychologist Edgar Arnold Doll.^[3][4]

It is a quality psychometric questionnaire and a good measure of adaptive behavior.^[5]

Details

The test consists of 8 sub-scales measuring:

• Communication skills
• General self-help ability
• Locomotion skills
• Occupation skills
• Self-direction
• Self-help eating
• Self-help dressing
• Socialization skills

See also

• Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale

References

1. Tabitha Louis, P; Arnold Emerson, I (2013). "Evaluating the cognition, behavior, and social profile of an adolescent with learning disabilities and assessing the effectiveness of an individualized educational program.". Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. 8 (2): 22–37. PMC 4105601. PMID 25053954.
2. Gould, J (September 1977). "The use of the Vineland Social Maturity Scale, the Merrill-Palmer Scale of mental tests (non-verbal items) and the Reynell Developmental Language Scales with children in contact with the services for severe mental retardation.". Journal of mental deficiency research. 21 (3): 213–26. PMID 144801.
3. Doll, Edgar Arnold (1953). The measurement of social competence: a manual for the Vineland social maturity scale. Educational Test Bureau, Educational Publishers. doi:10.1037/11349-000. archived at
4. Doll, E. A. (1940). "Annotated bibliography on the Vineland Social Maturity Scale.". Journal of Consulting Psychology. 4 (4): 123–132. doi:10.1037/h0063524.
5. Pedrini, D. T.; Pedrini, Bonnie C. Vineland Social Maturity Scale Profile

External resources

• Altepeter, T; Moscato, EM; Cummings, JA (October 1986). "Comparison of scores of hearing-impaired children on the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales and the Vineland Social Maturity Scale.". Psychological reports. 59 (2 Pt 1): 635–9. doi:10.2466/pr0.1986.59.2.635. PMID 3786629.
• Eggert, D (1973). "[Comparative study on the social competence of mentally retarded children and nonretarded children using the Vineland-Social-Maturity-Scale (VSMS)].". Praxis der Kinderpsychologie und Kinderpsychiatrie (in German). 23 (4): 139–44. PMID 4408987.
• Fromme, Donald Karl (January 1974). "On the use of the vineland social maturity scale as an estimate of intellectual functioning". Journal of Clinical Psychology. 30 (1): 67–68. doi:10.1002/1097-4679(197401)30:1<67::AID-JCLP2270300119>3.0.CO;2-V.
• Kaplan, Harriett E.; Alatishe, Moses (January 1976). "Comparison of ratings by mothers and teachers on preschool children using the vineland social maturity scale". Psychology in the Schools. 13 (1): 27–28. doi:10.1002/1520-6807(197601)13:1<27::AID-PITS2310130108>3.0.CO;2-J.
• Krugman, Morris (1956). "Vineland Social Maturity Scale.". Journal of Consulting Psychology. 20 (5): 408–409. doi:10.1037/h0038827.
• No authorship indicated (1954). "The measurement of social competence: A manual for the Vineland Social Maturity Scale.". Journal of Consulting Psychology. 18 (1): 74–74. doi:10.1037/h0050243.
• Raggio, DJ; Massingale, TW (October 1990). "Comparability of the Vineland Social Maturity Scale and the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale--survey form with infants evaluated for developmental delay.". Perceptual and motor skills. 71 (2): 415–8. doi:10.2466/pms.1990.71.2.415. PMID 1701239.
• Raggio, DJ; Massingale, TW (December 1993). "Comparison of the Vineland Social Maturity Scale, the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales--survey form, and the Bayley Scales of Infant Development with infants evaluated for developmental delay.". Perceptual and motor skills. 77 (3 Pt 1): 931–7. doi:10.2466/pms.1993.77.3.931. PMID 7506826.
• Roszkowski, MJ (July 1980). "Concurrent validity of the adaptive behavior scale as assessed by the Vineland Social Maturity Scale.". American journal of mental deficiency. 85 (1): 86–9. PMID 7446575.
• Shneidman, Edwin S. (1956). "Vineland Social Maturity Scale.". Journal of Consulting Psychology. 20 (5): 409–410. doi:10.1037/h0039599.
• Song, AY; Jones, SE (January 1982). "Vineland social maturity scale norm examined--the Wisconsin experience with 0- to 3-year-old children.". American journal of mental deficiency. 86 (4): 428–31. PMID 7072767.