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Validation Study of Korean Version of the Rothbart's Children's Behavior Questionnaire

한국판 Rothbart 유아용 기질 척도(Children's Behavior Questionnaire)의 타당화

  • Lim, Ji-Young (School of Child Studies, Major in Child and Family Studies, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Bae, Yun-Jin (Korea Institute of Child Care and Education)
  • 임지영 (경북대학교 아동학부 아동가족학전공) ;
  • 배윤진 (육아정책연구소)
  • Received : 2015.08.03
  • Accepted : 2015.08.25
  • Published : 2015.08.31
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the psychometric property of the Children's Behavior Questionnaire(CBQ), including reliability, content validity, construct validity, cross validity, and concurrent validity with EAS(Emotionality, Activity, Sociability) scale. The CBQ is a caregiver report measure designed to provide a detailed assessment of temperament in children 3 to 7 years of age. In this study, two groups of participants were included to check cross validity. The first group of participants were 108 preschoolers, 3 to 7 years of age attending kindergartens or child care centers, and their mothers. The second group of participants were 168 preschoolers and their mothers. The CBQ subscales demonstrate adequate internal consistencies. Also, exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses of the CBQ scale reliably recover a three-factor solution indicating three broad dimension of temperament: extraversion/surgency, negative affectivity, and effortful control. Evidence for concurrent validity derives from results of correlation analysis with EAS scale.

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