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The Beck Youth Inventories of Emotional and Social Impairment (Beck et al., 2005)
were created to meet the need for a short screening tool 28 that could be used by
teachers and health workers to identify children who needed referral to further
assessment services (US Department of Health and Human Services, 1999). The
inventories are five self-report measures which can be used separately or in
combination to assess a child’s experience of depression, anxiety, anger, disruptive
behavior and self-concept. They were designed for testing children who are distressed
and can be administered individually or in groups. Each inventory contains 20
statements about thoughts, feelings, or behaviours, associated with emotional and
social impairment, and the young person is asked to respond to each statement by
indicating how frequently it is true for them, with the answer never, sometimes, often
or always.
According to the manual for Beck Inventories for Youth second edition for children
and adolescents (Beck et al., 2005), the Beck Self-Concept Inventory for Youth
(BSCI-Y) includes self-perceptions, such as competence and positive self-worth. The
items in the Beck Anxiety Inventory for Youth (BAI-Y) reflect children's fears and
worries, for example about school, getting hurt and ill health, as well as physiological
symptoms associated with anxiety. The statements in the Beck Disruptive Behavior
Inventory for Youth (BDBI-Y) list behaviours and attitudes which are associated with
conduct disorders and illustrate the student’s self-report on their behaviour. These
three inventories covered the primary research question so could therefore fulfil the
study’s primary objective and are included as appendix 5.4.1a.
An additional questionnaire, called the music therapy project questionnaire, was
compiled by the researcher for the study (appendix 5.4.1b). The same pattern as the
Beck inventories was followed, using statements which required an answer of never,
sometimes, often or always, to make its administration as straightforward as possible.
There were twelve statements to explore students’ attitudes and feelings about school
and three statements about feelings of anger which were taken from the Beck Anger
Inventory for Youth (BANI-Y). This entire inventory could have been used, however
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#) !More screening tools were needed following the US Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act in 1999. This act required schools to provide special services for
children with social and emotional impairments that interfere with their functioning in
the school setting.
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