Social skills and social competence are key transdiagnostic processes in developmental psychopathology and are the focus of an array of clinical interventions. In this Evidence Base Update, we evaluated the psychometric properties of measures of social skills and social competence used with clinical samples of children and adolescents. A systematic literature search yielded eight widely used measures of social skills and one measure of social competence. Applying the criteria identified by Youngstrom et al. (2017), we found that, with some exceptions, these measures had adequate to excellent norms, internal consistency, and test-retest reliability. There was at least adequate evidence of construct validity and treatment sensitivity in clinical samples for nearly all measures assessed. Many of the scales included items assessing constructs other than social skills and competence (e.g., emotion regulation). Development of updated tools to assess youth’s effectiveness in key interpersonal situations, including those occurring online, may yield clinical dividends.

社交技能和社交能力是发展性精神病理学的关键转诊过程，并且是一系列临床干预措施的重点。在本《证据基础更新》中，我们评估了用于儿童和青少年临床样本的社交技能和社交能力测评的心理计量学特性。进行系统的文献检索得出了八项广泛使用的社交技能度量和一项社交能力度量。应用Youngstrom等确定的标准。（2017），我们发现，除某些例外，这些措施足以满足极好的规范，内部一致性和重测可靠性。对于几乎所有评估的指标，至少有足够证据证明临床样品中的构建体有效性和治疗敏感性。许多量表包括评估社交技巧和能力以外的构成的项目（例如，情绪调节）。开发更新的工具来评估青年人在关键的人际交往中的有效性，包括在线发生的情况，可能会产生临床收益。