Development of a scale of participation in extracurricular activities for children

The article presents the process of elaboration of the Scale of Involvement in Extracurricular Activities for Children (SIEAC). The first version of the instrument was applied to 178 students of both sexes from two public schools in a city of the state of Minas Gerais (Brazil), aged 8 to 12 years, a...

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Autor: Fernandes Matias, Neyfsom Carlos
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:Uruguay
Institución:Universidad Católica del Uruguay
Repositorio:LIBERI
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:liberi.ucu.edu.uy:10895/5448
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucu.edu.uy/index.php/cienciaspsicologicas/article/view/1879
https://hdl.handle.net/10895/5448
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:extracurricular activities
scale
bioecological theory of human development
factorial analysis
escala
teoría bioecológica del desarrollo humano
análisis factorial
actividades extracurriculares
atividades extracurriculares
teoria bioecológica do desenvolvimento humano
análise fatorial
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Sumario:The article presents the process of elaboration of the Scale of Involvement in Extracurricular Activities for Children (SIEAC). The first version of the instrument was applied to 178 students of both sexes from two public schools in a city of the state of Minas Gerais (Brazil), aged 8 to 12 years, attending the 4th, 5thand 6thyears of elementary school. In addition to the psychometric properties of the test, differences were investigated regarding school, school year, sex and involvement in structured and unstructured extracurricular activities. The EEAEC presented adequate psychometric indexes with a Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin index equal to 0.64 and significant Bartlett's sphericity test. Factor analysis pointed to the presence of three factors. Differences (p<0.050) were found in the comparison by sex, in the first and third factors. Boys play more than girls, as they become more involved with academic/responsible activities. Scale is useful in assessing the involvement of children in extracurricular activities.