Translation, Adaptation, and Validation of Children's Action Tendency Scale

The present study aims at the translation, adaptation and validation of Children's Action Tendency Scale (CATS; Deluty, 1979). The translated and adapted version was administered upon the sample of children (N = 88) aged 8-15 years. Psychometric properties of the translated and adapted version of CATS revealed satisfactory test-retest reliability for the three subscales, i.e., for Submissiveness (.70), Assertiveness (.60), and Aggressiveness (.60), respectively (p<.01). Convergent and discriminant validity showed differential correlation of the subscales with different dimensions of the Social Skills Scale (Khan, 2005), and Social Competence Scale (Shehzad, 2001). Findings show that translated and adapted version of CATS is a reliable and valid instrument to assess submissiveness, assertiveness, and aggressiveness among Pakistani children.