Brief report comparing the Scale of Emotional Development - Short (SED-S) with other scales for emotional development

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Sappok T, Morisse F, Flachsmeyer M, Vandevelde S, Ilic M, Barrett BF. Brief report comparing the Scale of Emotional Development - Short (SED-S) with other scales for emotional development. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research. 2023.BACKGROUND: Different instruments were devised for assessing emotional development (ED) level in persons with an intellectual disability (ID), that is, the Scale of Emotional Development - Short (SED-S), the Scheme for Appraisal of Emotional Development (SAED), the Scale for Emotional Development - Second Revision (SED-R2 ) and the Schaal voor Emotionele Ontwikkeling - Lukas (SEO-Lukas). The aim of this study was to compare the level of emotional functioning as assessed with the SED-S with the SAED, SED-R2 and SEO-Lukas.; METHODS: Emotional development was measured in adults with ID with the SED-S (N=186) and the SAED (n=85), the SED-R2 (n=50) and the SEO-Lukas (n=51). Correlation analysis and Cohen's kappas were calculated between the SED-S and the three respective scales. Internal consistencies (Cronbach's alpha) of the four scales were determined.; RESULTS: The SED-S results correlated most with the SEO-Lukas (gamma=1; кomega=0.936) followed by the SAED (gamma=0.809; кomega=0.343) and least by the SED-R2 (gamma=0.665; кomega=0.182). The stage of ED assessed with the SED-S was lower than the ED results measured with the SAED, but higher than with the SED-R2 and most similar to the SEO-Lukas. Cronbach's alphas were high, ranging from 0.853 to 0.975.; CONCLUSIONS: Given the respective differences between the scales, the SED-S may equalise the results as compared with previous versions. © 2023 The Authors. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research published by MENCAP and International Association of the Scientific Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and John Wiley & Sons Ltd