Berkeley Puppet Interview (BPI)

The Berkeley Puppet Interview (BPI) uses puppets to conduct structured and clinical interviews that assess children's perceptions of themselves, their families, and their school environments.

Intrapersonal competencies; Interpersonal competencies

Ages 4-8

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1998

Student

Interview

41

Free response items are coded by interview administrators.

Two hours

English, Spanish

Administrators must complete training in the method and receive certification from the developer.

No overall scores are reported.

There are six subscores:

• Academic competence
• Achievement motivation
• Social competence
• Peer acceptance
• Depression-anxiety
• Aggression-hostility

The measure is self-scored after participant completes rater training.

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Evidence is based on children from two-parent households (N=97) in the San Francisco Bay area.

Internal consistency (alpha) reported separately by grade level for all subscales estimated between 0.62 and 0.78. Test-retest reliability, estimated over one- and two-year intervals, ranged from 0.24 to 0.58. Inter-rater agreement is also estimated separately by grade level for two raters and ranged between 0.95 and 0.98 (Measelle et al., 1998).

Evidence based on content

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Evidence based on response processes

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Evidence based on internal structure

Exploratory Factor analysis substantiates six distinct constructs (Measelle et al., 1998).

Evidence based on relations with other variables

Ratings based on BPI correlated in expected directions with ratings by other informants on the same constructs (parent and teacher ratings). Additionally, BPI scores for achievement motivation correlated positively with standardized test scores in math and reading (Measelle et al., 1998).