Roberts-2

Roberts Apperception Test for Children: 2

Purpose: Evaluate children’s social perceptions

Format: Paper and pencil, Software

Age range: 6 years to 18 years

Time: Varies

DETAILS

The Roberts-2 uses a free narrative to asses two independent dimensions: adaptive social perception (a developmental measure) and the presence of maladaptive or atypical social perception (a clinical measure). To determine the respondent’s social cognitive skills, he or she is asked to tell a complete story about each of 11 pictures depicting children’s and adolescent’s everyday experiences.

Features and Benefits

Card sets reflecting the larges U.S. ethnic groups have been added and were used as an integral part of test standardization and validation.

• Coding categories have been clarified and better differentiated.

• The interpretation section of the manual has been more fully elaborated to include a scale-by-scale discussion of score meaning.

• Because it is standardized on non-referred children, the Roberts-2 offers an ideal way to assess developmental change and situational crisis in normal children.