Development and Preliminary Validation of the Social-Emotional Assets and Resiliency Scale for Preschool

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dc.contributor.advisorMcIntyre, Laura Leeen_US
dc.contributor.authorRavitch, Nancyen_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-10-10T23:18:22Z
dc.date.available2013-10-10T23:18:22Z
dc.date.issued2013-10-10
dc.description.abstractAssessment of social and emotional learning (SEL) in young children is critical to understanding developmental progress and informing care and instruction. The current study investigated the development of a behavior rating scale designed to measure SEL skills in preschool-age children. The primary objective of this study was to investigate the development of a new strength-based assessment prototype, the Social-Emotional Assets and Resiliency Scale for Preschool (SEARS-Pre). Items for the SEARS-Pre were developed based on a review of literature and existing measures and evaluated by a content validation panel of ten experts in the field. Following the content validation and revision process, local preschools were recruited to pilot the final SEARS-Pre measure. Eighteen instructors from three preschool programs in Oregon participated and completed a total of 94 SEARS-Pre rating forms for students in their classrooms. Results from an exploratory factor analysis suggested three factors: Self-regulation/Social competence; 2) Emotion knowledge/Expression; and 3) Empathy/Responsibility. The scale demonstrated strong internal consistency, with alpha values of .95 for Factor 1 (Self-Regulation/Social Competence), .92 for Factor 2 (Emotion Knowledge/Expression), .90 for Factor 3 (Empathy/Responsibility), and .97 for the total score (all three factors).en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/13409
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Oregonen_US
dc.rightsAll Rights Reserved.en_US
dc.subjectAssessmenten_US
dc.subjectEarly childhooden_US
dc.subjectEmotional regulationen_US
dc.subjectPreschoolen_US
dc.subjectSocial skillsen_US
dc.subjectStrength-baseden_US
dc.titleDevelopment and Preliminary Validation of the Social-Emotional Assets and Resiliency Scale for Preschoolen_US
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineDepartment of Special Education and Clinical Sciencesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Oregonen_US
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen_US
thesis.degree.namePh.D.en_US

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