Virtual Environment for Social Information Processing (VESIP^TM) is a web-based social information processing assessment developed for youth in grades 3–7. VESIP was developed to address: (a) the broader assessment of social information processing in a variety of socially challenging situations and (b) the need for technically strong and scalable assessments that can be administered universally in schools as a growing number of states adopt social and emotional learning standards. Consistent with the Crick and Dodge theoretical model of social information processing, VESIP assesses six different dimensions: solution preference, problem identification, emotion response, intent attribution, goal preference, and social self-efficacy. This study summarizes technical properties of VESIP based on the evaluation of two general education samples: a multi-state group of students whose data were part of a large-scale norming study (N = 2,156), and a subset of local students from that group who participated in a validation study (n = 334). Confirmatory factor analyses supported a model that has three distinct facets: (a) one that includes five social information processing factors, (b) one that includes five situational factors, and (c) one overall social information processing factor. This model closely parallels the Crick and Dodge model and suggests that social information processing is somewhat situation specific. Internal consistency and test–retest reliabilities for social information processing factors were good. VESIP scores were consistently associated with an alternate measure of social information processing and other criterion measures. Implications for theory and practice are considered.

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社会信息处理虚拟环境的心理测量特性，一种儿童社会信息处理模拟评估

社会信息处理的虚拟环境 (VESIP ^TM) 是为 3-7 年级的青少年开发的基于网络的社会信息处理评估。VESIP 旨在解决：(a) 在各种具有挑战性的情况下对社会信息处理进行更广泛的评估，以及 (b) 随着越来越多的州采用社会化方式，需要在学校普遍实施的技术强大且可扩展的评估。和情感学习标准。与社会信息处理的克里克和道奇理论模型一致，VESIP 评估六个不同的维度：解决方案偏好、问题识别、情绪反应、意图归因、目标偏好和社会自我效能。本研究基于对两个通识教育样本的评估，总结了 VESIP 的技术特性：N  = 2,156），以及参与验证研究的该组本地学生的子集（n  = 334）。验证性因素分析支持具有三个不同方面的模型：(a) 一个包括五个社会信息处理因素，(b) 一个包括五个情境因素，以及 (c) 一个整体社会信息处理因素。该模型与 Crick 和 Dodge 模型非常相似，并表明社会信息处理在某种程度上是特定于情境的。社会信息处理因素的内部一致性和重测信度良好。VESIP 分数始终与社会信息处理的替代测量和其他标准测量相关联。考虑了对理论和实践的影响。