Psychosocial Status Assessment Scale For Children Aged 3–6 Years – Parent-Form development: Validity and reliability study

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Objectives: This study aimed to develop a psychosocial status assessment scale for children aged 3–6 years – parent form (PSAS 3–6) and determine its validity and reliability. Methods: The study was conducted on 254 parents having children aged 3–6 years between May 2018 and August 2018. The validity of the scale was tested with content validity and construct validity. In order to determine the reli ability of the scale, test-retest, Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient, and Item Total Score Correlation Coefficient were examined. Results: The content validity index of the data was between .82 and .97. The confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) compli ance indexes of the construct consisting of 6 subdimensions were determined as X2 /sd=1.447, RMSEA=.042, CFI=.95, IFI=.95, GFI=.87, and NNFI=.94 with the exploratory factor analysis (EFA). The Cronbach’s Alpha reliability score of the scale was found to be .83, the test-retest reliability score was found to be .957, and the Item-Total Score Correlation Coefficient was found to be above r=.20. Conclusion: The scale is a valid and reliable scale that can be used to assess the psychosocial status of children aged 3–6 years.