Quality of Social Functioning Index (QoSF)

Levin, A.M., Gaeth, G.J., Levin, I.P., & Chen, S. (2023). Relating social skills and social media use to consumer behavior: An investigation across the autism spectrum. Journal of Consumer Behaviour, 22, 56–66.


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Description


References


Description:

Purpose

The measure is designed to assess the role of social skills in making decisions in areas such as risk-taking in different domains, social media use, and consumer decision-making.
Questions

  • There are 9 questions, each rated from 0 (low functioning) to 10 (high functioning). These are averaged.

Sub-scales


Domain

Cognitive Ability: Specific
Sample items



References:

Scale:
Levin, A.M., Gaeth, G.J., Levin, I.P., & Chen, S. (2023). Relating social skills and social media use to consumer behavior: An investigation across the autism spectrum. Journal of Consumer Behaviour, 22, 56–66.

Uses:
Levin, I.P., Gaeth, G.J., Levin, A.M., & Chen, S. (2021). Social functioning and decision-making: From group to individual differences across the autism spectrum. In I. Khemka & L. Hickson (Eds.), Decision Making by Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Research and Practice. Springer, Switzerland.
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