Stress Test Index

StressTest
Index
What Is It?
• The SEI is an 80-item, norm referenced, self-report
instrument designed to elicit children’s and adolescents’
perceptions of their personal traits and characteristics.
• Age: 8.0 through 18.11 years and requires

approximately half an hour to administer.
• Format Given: The SEI may be given individually

or in groups. The respondent reads each item of
the SEI and uses a modified 4-point Likert-type
scale to classify each item as “Always True,”
“Usually True,” “Usually False,” or “Always False.”
Uses
• (a) to identify children and adolescents who are believed to
have self-esteem or behavior problems, to be emotionally
disturbed, or to experiencing personal and social adjustment
problems;
• (b) to verify referrals;
• (c) to document the degree of conformity or deviance perceived
by respondents themselves;
• (d) to formulate hypotheses that will guide further evaluation;
• (e) to help plan relevant interventions and to target goals for
change and intervention; and
• (f) to measure self-esteem in research projects.
PartsoftheTest
• A. Academic Competence. This measures self-esteem

in school, education, academic competence,
intelligence, learning, and other scholarly pursuits.
• B. Family Acceptance. This measures self-esteem at
home and within the family unit. 1
• C. Peer Popularity. This addresses the quality,
importance, and nature of relationships and interactions
with individuals outside the family unit.
• D. Personal Security. This contains statements about
an individual's physical appearance and personal
attributes such as distinctive traits of body, character,
conduct, temperament, and emotions.
TestDay
• Establish rapport with the individuals taking

the test. Explain the purpose for taking the
SEI and describe the ways in which the
results will or will not be used.
• The total raw score for the SEI and raw scores for the test’s
four scales are calculated on the Profile and Record Form.
• 1. Examiners must first determine the numerical values
associated with the responses marked in the Student Response
Booklet. Responses marked in squares have the following
values: Always True, Usually True, Usually False, Always False
ReadingTests
• There are four
kinds of scores
associated with the
SEI. These include
raw scores,
percentile ranks,
standard scores,
and deviation
quotients.
RawScores
• Raw scores are the first
scores obtained on the SEI.
They are original numerical
values associated with the
test, obtained by tallying the
responses to each item.
Raw scores are especially
important because they are
the basic material from
which all of the normative
scores for the test are
derived.
PercentileRanks
• Percentile ranks are known as Percentile ranks indicate the percentage

workhorse scores. They are of subjects in the normative group who
scored above or below a particular point.
uncomplicated but highly utilitarian. The mean of the percentile distribution is
• 50, and so a percentile rank of 50
Percentile ranks are used widely in
represents exactly average or normal
educational and psychological performance. Larger percentile ranks
indicate higher scores.
diagnostics because their meaning can
be explained easily to children and
adolescents, their parents, and other
individuals who are interested in the
outcome of the assessment process.
StandardScores
• Standard scores, like percentile ranks,

are based on the performance of the
subjects on the normative sample.
The raw scores are normalized into a
distribution with a predetermined
mean and standard deviation.
Standard deviation units then are
used to indicate the distance of a
particular test score from the mean, or
average, performance, of the
normative sample
Standard Scores
• Unlike percentile ranks, standard scores are
interval data and therefore enjoy far greater
versatility. In particular, standard scores can
be used in arithmetic computations, making
them ideal for averaging scores, profiling
results, testing mean score differences, and
reporting group data.
Devation Quiotents
The Self-Esteem Quotient generated by the SEI is a deviation
quotient that is actually a specific type of standard score. Like
both percentile ranks and standard scores, deviation quotients
are based on the raw scores made by the subjects in the
normative sample.
To create quotients, the raw scores are normalized into a
distribution with a predetermined mean of 100 and standard
deviation of 15. Quotients are also interval data and therefore
enjoy the adaptability and versatility described for standard
scores in the previous section. They are ideal for averaging
and profiling scores, testing mean score differences, and
reporting group data; and, they are particularly well suited to
comparisons among or between scores.
ProblemsRun INto
• Unusually high scores can be
as indicative of self-esteem
problems as very low scores.
Examiners must take this into
consideration when they are
interpreting SEI scores.

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• Age: 8.0 through 18.11 years and requires

• Format Given: The SEI may be given individually

• A. Academic Competence. This measures self-esteem

• Establish rapport with the individuals taking

• Percentile ranks are known as Percentile ranks indicate the percentage

• Standard scores, like percentile ranks,

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