在早期儿童查的背景下,一个简短的执行功能问卷:心理测量特性
Alyssa R Palmer1, Amanda W Kalstabakken1,2, Rebecca Distefano3,4
1Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
概括
一个由家长报告的新问卷有效地选了早期儿童执行功能 (EF) 的挑战. 该工具预测了以后的学业成绩,为幼儿提供了复杂的基于任务的评估的实用替代方案.
科学领域:
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 教育心理学教育心理学
- 心理测量 心理测量 心理测量
背景情况:
- 儿童早期的执行功能 (EF) 对以后的生活结果至关重要.
- 目前以任务为基础的EF措施在幼儿环境中广泛使用时存在实际挑战.
- 需要有效和生态有效的EF评估工具.
研究的目的:
- 评估一个新的14项父母报告的EF测量在3-5岁儿童的心理测量特性.
- 确定母报告措施是否能够在有效的背景下捕捉规范性EF技能.
- 评估家长报告的EF与基于任务的EF措施之间的关系,以及以后的学业成绩.
主要方法:
- 一项涉及380名不同年龄的3-5岁儿童在一个城市学区的研究.
- 对评估EF挑战和技能的14项家长报告问卷的心理评估.
- 分析不同年龄和种族的差异性项目功能,以及与基于任务的EF指标和三年级数学成绩的相关性.
主要成果:
- 主报告指标显示了两个子尺度的证据:EF挑战和EF技能.
- 基于任务的EF措施与EF挑战子级表现出更强的关系.
- 父母报告的EF挑战预测了三年级数学成绩,即使在控制了其他因素之后.
结论:
- 新的家长报告EF问卷是一个潜在的有用和有效的早期儿童查工具.
- 这项措施为在不同环境中评估EF提供了一种实用方法.
- 家长报告的EF挑战似乎是以后学业成功的重要预测因素.
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