The MESSY-II is a social skills measure for a broad range of children, ages 2-16, based on observations of both appropriate and inappropriate social behaviors. The scale consists of a total of 64 items on a likert-type rating scale from 1 (“not at all”) to 5 (“very much”), to be completed by a parent or caregiver familiar with the child. The MESSY-II yields three factors: Hostile, Adaptive/Appropriate, and Inappropriate Assertiveness/Overconfident scales. The MESSY-II is designed to provide information on communication and general social skills behavior that can be identified both for treatment goals and to evaluate treatment efficacy.

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References:

Matson, J.L., Neal, D., Fodstad, J. C. Hess, J. A., Mahan, S. & Rivet, T. (in press). Reliability and validity of the Matson Evaluation of Social Skills with Youngsters (MESSY). Behavior Modification.

Matson, J. L., Neal, D., Hess, J. A., Kozlowski, A. M., & Fodstad, J. C. (2010). Factor structure of the Matson Evaluation of Social Skills with Youngsters-II. Submitted for publication.

Matson, J. L., Kozlowski, A.M., Neal, D., Hess, J.A., & Fodstad, J. (in press). Cutoffs for the Matson Evaluation of Social Skills with Youngsters-II (MESSY-II) for typically developing children and for children with autism spectrum disorders. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders.

Matson, J.L., Horovitz, M., Mahan, S., & Fodstad, J.C. (in press). Reliability of the Matson Evaluation of Social Skills with Youngsters (MESSY) for children with autism spectrum disorders. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders.