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Scale of Emotional Development-Questionnaire: A Systematic Approach to Improving Performance
Mitchel Mesker1, Jolanda Vonk2, Suzanne D M Derks1
1Department of Clinical Child and Family Studies, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Journal of Intellectual Disability Research : JIDR
|August 20, 2025
Summary
The Scale of Emotional Development-Questionnaire shows promise for assessing emotional development in individuals with intellectual disabilities. Further refinement is needed to improve its reliability and validity for better self-awareness and emotional expression.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Developmental Psychology
- Clinical Psychology
Background:
- Intellectual disabilities can impede emotional development, leading to behavioral challenges.
- The Scale of Emotional Development-Questionnaire (SED-Q) aims to assess individual emotional development, needs, and resilience.
- SED-Q seeks to reduce prejudice, enhance self-awareness, and improve emotional expression.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate the psychometric properties of the Scale of Emotional Development-Questionnaire.
- To identify areas for improvement in the questionnaire for individuals with intellectual disabilities.
Main Methods:
- The Scale of Emotional Development-Questionnaire was administered to 134 participants with moderate to borderline intellectual disabilities.
- Analyses included reliability, validity, internal structure, and item performance.
- Factor loadings, variance, and correlations were examined.
Main Results:
- Preliminary analysis indicates the questionnaire captures key aspects of emotional development.
- Over half of the items demonstrated strong factor loadings (51.79%).
- A significant portion of items require refinement due to moderate (30.00%) or low (18.21%) loadings, limited variance (3.93%), and negative correlations.
Conclusions:
- The Scale of Emotional Development-Questionnaire is a valuable self-report tool for assessing emotional development.
- It complements the proxy-reported Scale of Emotional Development-Short.
- Further research and revisions are necessary to optimize the questionnaire's utility.
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