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Social competence and behavioural control are essential skills for functioning in society and for reducing risk of behavioural and emotional problems.

Social competence – The ability to engage in meaningful interactions with others;
Behavioural control – The ability to control one’s emotions, behaviour, and impulses and to adapt to rules.

CID measures

The Consortium of Individual Development (CID) examines how environment (family characteristics, parents and siblings, peers, and broader societal influences including media) and child characteristics (genetic makeup, temperament, and pre- and perinatal factors) affect the development of social competence (SC) and behavioural control (BC).

of the measures used within to track the development of these two aspects of behaviour is available, as well as more detailed descriptions of the rationale and choice of and  measures. The detailed descriptions were made possible by Dr. Jolien van der Graaff (social competence) and  (behavioural control).