Life Skills Scale of Preschool Child-Parent Report (LSS-PPR): Development and Preliminary Psychometric Evaluation
Subject Areas : psychologysaeed akbari zardkhaneh 1 * , Soheila Sardari 2 , Jalil Fathabadi 3
1 - Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
3 - Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
Keywords: Keywords: Life Skills, Preschool, Parents, Psychometric Properties, Validity, Factor Analysis,
Abstract :
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to develop life skills scale of preschool children-parents' version based on World Health Organization life skills model. The statistical popu-lation of this study was parents of children aged 3 to 6 years old in the whole country. The research was done in two stages, in the first stage 100 parents (51% boys, 49% girls) of tehran and in the second stage 318 available parents (56.9% boys, 43.1% girls) around the country selected and data was collected online. Matson (SSRS) and Grisham and Elliott (MESS) two social skills scales were used as tools to assess the validity criterion. The study was done in two stages of construction and standardization. In construction stage, data with 100 items were executed on a sample of 100 parents then after item analysis and using exploratory factor analysis by principal com-ponent method and Varimax rotation, a scale of 70 items was extracted. In standardization stage, after exploratory factor analysis by principal component method and promax rotation, the final scale was achieved with 62 items and seven factors. All subscales have a appropriate correlation that varies between 0.5 to 0.86 and the correlation coefficient of all the items with the total score of each subscale ranged from 0.21 to 0.52. The coefficients of validity by the internal consistency method of the subscales are between 0.50 and 0.81. Criterion validity coefficient of empathy skills, coping with stress, coping with emotion with Grisham and Elliott subscales of empathy, audacity and self-control are 0.4, 0.5 and 0.8, respectively; Also, interpersonal relationship skills with peer communication subscales and Matson social behavior were 0.9 and 0.8, respectively, and self-awareness skills were obtained with Matson self-confidence subscale 0.7. According to the results, it can be concluded that the life skills scale of preschool children has appropriate psychometric pro-perties for use in re-search and clinical groups.
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