Am I More Skilled than I Think? Investigating the Agreement Between Self- and Informant-Reports of Social, Emotional, and Behavioural Skills in Brazil

This paper explores self- and informant-reports of social, emotional, and behavioral (SEB) skills and the cross-cultural adaptation of the Behavioral, Emotional, and Social Skills Inventory (BESSI) in Brazil. Study 1 ( N = 185) examined self-informant agreement of SEB skills and assessed BESSI’s internal structure ( N = 1,049). Study 2 ( N = 123) focused on the convergence of BESSI’s domain and facet scores with personality variables and tested their temporal stability. The results showed that (1) informant-reports had higher means than self-reports, (2) agreement was higher for the Social Engagement domain and lower for the Innovation domain, and (3) BESSI demonstrated strong validity and reliability evidence for use in Brazil. In sum, BESSI’s domains and facets were accurately perceived by informants.