Psychometric construction and analysis of social interaction competence in preschool context scale

The main objective of this work is the construction and psychometric analysis of a test to evaluate Children's Social Interaction Competence between 3 to 6 years old in pre-school context. The scale construction is based on the Kelly, J. theory, about social interaction in childhood (1987). The...

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Autor: Rangel C., Patricia
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:Perú
Institución:Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Repositorio:Revistas - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe:article/12451
Acceso en línea:https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/psico/article/view/12451
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:social competence
pre-school children
psychometric analysis
reliability
validity
competencia social
niños preescolares
análisis psicométrico
confiabilidad
validez
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Sumario:The main objective of this work is the construction and psychometric analysis of a test to evaluate Children's Social Interaction Competence between 3 to 6 years old in pre-school context. The scale construction is based on the Kelly, J. theory, about social interaction in childhood (1987). The sample consists of 400 preschool children from different socioeconomic levels, in Lima-Peru. The factor analysis shows three factors: Social interaction initiative, Ability for social interaction with peers and Ability to social interaction with teacher. The test shows construct and content validity, its reliability is 0.950, differences by age and the corresponding table of rates is presented.