scholarly journals Evaluation of the Ages and Stages Questionnaire-Brazil by Early Childhood professionals

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 293-301 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Carolina Monnerat FIORAVANTI-BASTOS ◽  
Alberto FILGUEIRAS ◽  
Maria Lucia Seidl de MOURA
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Day Care ◽  
Screening Tool ◽  
Fine Motor ◽  
Day Care Centers ◽  
Ages And Stages Questionnaire ◽  
Good Internal Consistency ◽  
Developmental Domains ◽  
Children Development

Child development assessment is important for the development of action plans for early childhood problem prevention. There are few instruments that are systematically used in day care centers. The Ages and Stages Questionnaire-Brazil, which consists of 18 questionnaires, was adapted and used in the public day care system of Rio de Janeiro. However, studies on the user's evaluation of this screening tool have not yet been conducted. A total of 28 childhood educators who work in 6 different day care centers participated in this study. They completed two different versions of the Ages and Stages Questionnaire-Brazil: a version to Assess Beliefs of Educators about children Development and another one about the Characteristics of this screening tool. The internal consistency for 504 questionnaires was calculated and compared to the original sample. Analysis of Variance was performed to identify differences between the importance given by educators to the five developmental domains assessed in the Ages and Stages Questionnaire: gross motor, fine motor, communication, problem solving, and personal-social. Results indicated good internal consistency and the need for changes in the questionnaire to ensure clarity and adequacy to day care centers.

scholarly journals Ages & Stages Questionnaire–Brazil–2011

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 2333794X1561003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristina M. T. Santana ◽  
Alberto Filgueiras ◽  
J. Landeira-Fernandez
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Day Care ◽  
Early Childhood Development ◽  
Childhood Development ◽  
Social Domain ◽  
Day Care Centers ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Characteristics Method

Introduction. Professionals who assess early childhood development highly benefit from reliable development screening measures. The Ages & Stages Questionnaire was adapted Brazil in 2010 and named ASQ-BR. Modifications in some items were required to improve the instrument’s psychometric properties. The present study modified the ASQ-BR to verify if those changes increase its characteristics. Method. This study researched 67 522 children from 972 public day care centers and preschools. Changes in items were made considering Cronbach’s α and item-to-total correlations. Reliability, dimensionality, and item-to-total correlations were calculated. Results. Regarding dimensionality, 86.2% of the scales in ASQ-BR-2011 were unidimensional. Internal consistency showed improvement from 2010 to 2011: 53.8% of the scales increased the α statistics against 41.2% that decreased, and 5.0% remained the same. Finally, 65.2% of the modified items showed improvement. Conclusions. Overall, the instrument’s psychometrics improved from 2010 to 2011, especially in the personal/social domain. However, it still leaves room for improvement in future studies.

scholarly journals Prevalence and associated Risk Factors of Severe Early Childhood Caries in 12- to 36-month-old Children of Sirmaur District, Himachal Pradesh, India

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ritu G Mangla ◽  
Raman Kapur ◽  
Abhishek Dhindsa
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Early Childhood ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Day Care ◽  
Early Childhood Caries ◽  
Himachal Pradesh ◽  
Day Care Centers ◽  
Associated Risk Factors ◽  
Severe Early Childhood Caries ◽  
Childhood Caries

ABSTRACT Aim To assess the prevalence, distribution, and associated risk factors of severe early childhood caries (S-ECC) among 12- to 36-month-old children of district Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh, India. Materials and methods The present study was conducted on a random sample of 510 children, both boys and girls, between 12 and 36 months of age randomly selected from various government-sponsored day-care centers, private day-care centers, and vaccination centers. Caries was recorded using World Health Organization criteria. Statistical analysis was done by using chi-square test and Mann–Whitney test. A two-sided p value was calculated for each statistical test. Multiple logistic regressions were done to calculate the risk of S-ECC from independent variables. Results In the present study, S-ECC was found in 21% of 510, 12 to 36 months old children of Sirmaur district, Himachal Pradesh. The S-ECC was found to be significantly higher in 25 to 36 months old children's age group and was 27.8% in them as compared with 8% in 12 to 24 months old children. Conclusion Providing anticipatory guidance and education to parents is essential for the promotion of optimal oral health of their children. There is a need for moving upstream to propose and implement policies and programs to improve the oral health of the very young, especially in a developing country like India, which lacks much data on S-ECC. How to cite this article Mangla RG, Kapur R, Dhindsa A, Madan M. Prevalence and associated Risk Factors of Severe Early Childhood Caries in 12- to 36-month-old Children of Sirmaur District, Himachal Pradesh, India. Int J Clin Pediatr Dent 2017;10(2):183-187.

Validation of Chinese version of Exercise Dependence Scale-Revised (EDS-R)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
peiying yang ◽  
Qian Yu ◽  
Christian Montag ◽  
Benjamin Becker ◽  
Boris Cheval ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Construct Validity ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Screening Tool ◽  
Chinese Version ◽  
Exercise Dependence ◽  
Retest Reliability ◽  
Eating Disorder Symptoms ◽  
Good Internal Consistency ◽  
Dependence Scale ◽  
Test Retest Reliability

The Exercise Dependence Scale-Revised (EDS-R) has been suggested as screening tool for exercise dependence (ED), however, a validated Chinese version of this instrument is currently lacking. To this end, the present study translated and evaluated the psychometric properties of a Chinese version of the scale. Following a forward-backward translation of the EDS-R, the Chinese version (EDS-C) as well as validated scales assessing associated constructs were administered to a large sample of habitual exercisers (N=1447, 52.4% male) in universities and communities. Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) was employed and invariance test across gender was carried out. Additionally, internal consistency and test-retest reliability were determined. Furthermore, construct validity was tested by investigating associations of ED with exercise variables and related constructs. We observed that the EDS-C confirmed the original seven-factor structure (TLI = .94, CFI = .95, RMSEA = .068, SRMR = .032) and showed invariance across genders. Moreover, we observed good internal consistency, with Cronbach alpha ranging from 0.73 to 0.93 for sub-scales and a moderate test-retest reliability (r: 0.45-0.82). The construct validity was additionally supported given that higher levels in EDS-C associated with a higher frequency of exercise and higher levels of eating disorder symptoms, body image inflexibility and generalized anxiety symptoms. In summary, EDS-C is a reliable and valid screening tool for ED in Chinese universities as well as communities.

scholarly journals Emotional Competence of Early Childhood Educators and Child Socio-Emotional Wellbeing

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (14) ◽  
pp. 7633
Author(s):  
Angelica Arace ◽  
Laura Elvira Prino ◽  
Donatella Scarzello
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Day Care ◽  
Infant Development ◽  
Attachment Security ◽  
Emotional Competence ◽  
Peer Interactions ◽  
Care Center ◽  
Early Childhood Educators ◽  
Emotional Wellbeing ◽  
Day Care Centers

Background: Early childhood educators are attachment figures for babies and play an important role in emotion socialization. This study aims to analyze the role of educators as emotional socializers and its relationship with infants’ social competence and attachment security, considering various characteristics of educators (age, years of experience, level of knowledge of development and parenting) and the context (day-care center–family communication). Methods: 563 infants attending day-care centers (age: M = 25.98 months SD = 5.41) and their 223 early childhood educators (age: M = 42.61 SD = 11.02) took part in this study. The educators completed: CEESQ—Crèche Educator Emotional Style Questionnaire, Information Sources Questionnaire, two sub-scales of KIDI—Knowledge of Infant Development Inventory, QRS-F—Questionnaire on the Relationship between Services and Families, QPI—Questionnaire on Peer Interactions, and AQS—Attachment-Q-Sort. Results: Results showed that the educator’s coaching style has a relationship with attachment security and social skills and is positively correlated with the educators’ emotional self-efficacy and with the level of communication between day-care centers and families, while the correlation with knowledge of parenting is weak. Conclusions: These findings highlight the importance of enhancing not only educators’ knowledge about educative strategies, but above all their emotional competence to promote children adaptation to day-care centers.

scholarly journals Desenvolvimento motor, cognição e linguagem em lactentes que frequentam creches

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 27993 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donesca Machado ◽  
Nadia Cristina Valentini ◽  
Alessandra Bombarda Müller ◽  
Keila Ruttnig Guidony Pereira
Keyword(s):  
Motor Function ◽  
Motor Skills ◽  
Motor Development ◽  
Day Care ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Fine Motor ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Gross Motor ◽  
Day Care Centers ◽  
Gross Motor Function

***Motor development, cognition and language in infants who attend day care centers***   AIMS: To evaluate the acquisition of motor milestones in the first two years of life and the relationship between gross motor function and manipulation, cognition and language in infants who attend day care centers.   METHODS: Cross-sectional study with a non-probabilistic sample of infants attending public and private day care centers in a city in southern Brazil. The Alberta Infant Motor Scale and the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development were used to assess the motor performance of each child. Descriptive statistics were used for the characterization of the sample and simple linear regression in three different age groups (group 1: between six and nine months; group 2: between 10 and 12 months; group 3: between 13 and 16 months) for the analysis of relationships between the variables gross and fine motor skills, cognition and language.   RESULTS: We studied 63 infants between six and 16 months of age who did not present statistically significant differences in their biological and sociodemographic characteristics when the three stratified groups were compared. Most children did not acquire the developmental milestones in the period expected for their age group. There was correlation between the developmental scores, and the gross motor function was able to explain a large part of the variability in the fine motor function, cognition and language scores (R2ajust>0.5) over the first two years of life.   CONCLUSIONS: The evaluated motor skills occurred generally late in the sample. The delay in the acquisition of gross motor milestones had an impact on the overall developmental skills, corroborating the influence of gross motor function in the other domains of development.

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