Interviewing and
sociometric techniques may constitute an important part of an
assessment design but would be considered second choices, argues the same author, adding that projective - expressive techniques or objective, self - report instruments may help in further clarification of the results but should only be used in a complimentary manner (Merrell, 2001).
Although
sociometric measures were included in the trial of MOSAIC, they were not part of PFC.. In an attempt to address these gaps in the existing literature, we are currently undertaking a new trial of PFC that contains a longer follow - up period, an active attention control treatment condition,
sociometric outcome measures, and multidimensional
assessment of friendship outcomes (e.g., number of friends, friendship quality, behavioral characteristics of friends).