How is your mind-set? Proof of concept for the measurement of the level of emotional development

In persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities, not only cognitive brain functions, but also socio-emotional processing networks may be impaired. This study aims to validate the Scale of Emotional Development-Short (SED-S) to provide an instrument for the assessment of socio-emotional b...

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Published in:PloS one 2019-04, Vol.14 (4), p.e0215474-e0215474
Main Authors: Sappok, Tanja, Böhm, Julia, Birkner, Joana, Roth, Gerhard, Heinrich, Manuel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Analysis
Brain
Brain - growth & development
Brain - physiopathology
Care and treatment
Child
Child & adolescent psychiatry
Child Development
Child health
Child, Preschool
Children
Children & youth
Classification
Cognition
Cognitive ability
Consistency
Criteria
Developmental disabilities
Developmental Disabilities - physiopathology
Disabilities
Domains
Emotions
Female
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Intellectual disabilities
Intellectual Disability - physiopathology
Male
Psychological aspects
Reliability analysis
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Summary:In persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities, not only cognitive brain functions, but also socio-emotional processing networks may be impaired. This study aims to validate the Scale of Emotional Development-Short (SED-S) to provide an instrument for the assessment of socio-emotional brain functions. The SED-S was applied in 160 children aged 0-12 years. Criterion validity was investigated at item and scale level in terms of the agreement between the scale classification and the child's chronological age. Additionally, interrater reliability and internal consistency were assessed. For the majority of items, the expected response pattern emerged, showing the highest response probabilities in the respective target age groups. Agreement between the classification of the different SED-S domains and chronological age was high (κw = 0.95; exact agreement = 80.6%). Interrater reliability at domain level ranged from κw = .98 to 1.00 and internal consistency was high (α = .99). The study normed the SED-S in a sample of typically developing children and provides evidence for criterion validity on item, domain and scale level.
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0215474