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Early Human Development, 2009
Aims: To evaluate the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of Infant-Toddler Social and Emotional Assessment (CITSEA). Study design: A cross-sectional survey through parent self-administered questionnaires in Chinese urban communities. Fourteen cities from the Southern, Northern, Eastern, Western and Central China were involved. Subjects: A total of 5323 healthy toddlers (2690 boys and 2633 girls) aged 12 to 36 months from the 14 cities recruited through a multi-stage sampling scheme. Outcome measures: Self-administered questionnaire was employed to collect the social demographic data, and the Chinese translation of ITSEA was used to collect data on children's social and emotional behavior. Results: The reliability and validity of CITSEA were examined by standard psychometric methods. 1) The testretest reliability of four broad domains ranged from 0.78 to 0.89 at the significant level p b 0.001; 2) Split-half reliability ranged from 0.82 to 0.90 (p b 0.001); 3) The alpha coefficient was noticed to range from 0.79 to 0.88, which demonstrated good internal consistency. Furthermore, as is hypothesized, the score of CITSEA domains was significantly correlated with subscale's score of the Child Behavior Checklist 2/3 (CBCL2/3) and dimension's score of China Toddler Temperament. Confirmatory factor analysis demonstrated a good and reliable match of the model, indicating that CITSEA outlines the social and emotional development of Chinese urban children aged 12 to 36 months. Conclusion: The Chinese version of ITSEA is valid and the psychometric properties of this translated version (including its reliability and validity) are at an acceptable standard. It can be used as an instrument for assessing social and emotional problems, including delays in social-emotional competence for Chinese young children.
乳幼児発達臨床センター年報=RESEARCH AND CLINICAL CENTER FOR CHILD DEVELOPMENT Annual Report, 1997
The Toddler Behavior Assessment Questionnaire (TBAQ) developed by Goldsmith was examined in terms of psychometric properties and validity: distribution of answer for each item, internal consistencies and discriminant properties of temperamental scales, and each convergence between maternal, paternal scales and laboratory measures_ Although a few items were inadequate in distribution of answer, most items were found to be able to discriminate among Japanese children effectively_ All scales proved to have high internal consistencies and acceptable discriminant properties_ Concerning validity, there were low to moderate degree of agreement between mother and father report, and moderate convergence between maternal reports and laboratory measures only for Social Fear scale_
Maternal-reported behavioral and emotional problems in Taiwanese preschool children
Research in Developmental Disabilities, 2012
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Journal of abnormal child psychology, 2003
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