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<h3>Background</h3>
<p>Proxy ratings of young children’s curiosity has the potential to be useful for research in Sweden. One such proxy rating is the parent-rating Interest/Deprivation Young Children scale. This scale has previously only been validated in Dutch samples, where it differentiated curiosity dimensions of interest (joyful exploration) and deprivation (reduction of aversive feelings of not knowing).</p>
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<h3>Objective</h3>
<p>The objective of this study was to investigate internal and construct validity of the Swedish version of the Interest/Deprivation Young Children scale.</p></sec>
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<h3>Method</h3>
<p>A translation of the Interest/Deprivation Young Children scale was conducted and then administered to 266 parents in Sweden, who rated their children (4-6-years old) on 10 items, with 5 items each for subscales of interest and deprivation dimensions of epistemic curiosity. Responses were analyzed using confirmatory factor analysis.</p></sec>
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<h3>Results</h3>
<p>Results indicate acceptable internal reliability for deprivation-curiosity items (α = 0.78) and for interest-curiosity items (α = 0.79). For the combined scale score alpha was found good (α = 0.84). However, confirmatory factor analysis failed to differentiate interest and deprivation dimensions of curiosity.</p></sec>

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<h3>Conclusions</h3>
<p>Item revisions are suggested which could be implemented for further investigations. Also, the possibility of using the I/D-YC total score as a more general measure of child curiosity is argued for. An open question is how other dimensions of curiosity might be more viable for proxy ratings of child curiosity.</p></sec>

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Background
Proxy ratings of young children’s curiosity has the potential to be useful for research in Sweden. One such proxy rating is the parent-rating Interest/Deprivation Young Children scale. This scale has previously only been validated in Dutch samples, where it differentiated curiosity dimensions of interest (joyful exploration) and deprivation (reduction of aversive feelings of not knowing).


Objective
The objective of this study was to investigate internal and construct validity of the Swedish version of the Interest/Deprivation Young Children scale.

Method
A translation of the Interest/Deprivation Young Children scale was conducted and then administered to 266 parents in Sweden, who rated their children (4-6-years old) on 10 items, with 5 items each for subscales of interest and deprivation dimensions of epistemic curiosity. Responses were analyzed using confirmatory factor analysis.

Results
Results indicate acceptable internal reliability for deprivation-curiosity items (α = 0.78) and for interest-curiosity items (α = 0.79). For the combined scale score alpha was found good (α = 0.84). However, confirmatory factor analysis failed to differentiate interest and deprivation dimensions of curiosity.


Conclusions
Item revisions are suggested which could be implemented for further investigations. Also, the possibility of using the I/D-YC total score as a more general measure of child curiosity is argued for. An open question is how other dimensions of curiosity might be more viable for proxy ratings of child curiosity.

Measuring Parent Rated Interest and Deprivation type Curiosity in Swedish Young Children - are they meaningfully distinct?

Scandinavian Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology

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Background
Proxy ratings of young children’s curiosity has the potential to be useful for research in Sweden. One such proxy rating is the parent-rating...

Measuring Parent Rated Interest and Deprivation type Curiosity in Swedish Young Children - are they meaningfully distinct?

Article Category: Research Article

Published Online: Jun 19, 2022

Page range: 64 - 71

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjcapp-2022-0007

Keywords
Early Childhood, Curiosity, Interest/Deprivation-model, Construct-Validity, Parent-rating, Early Childhood Education

© 2022 John Michel Kaneko, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Measuring Parent Rated Interest and Deprivation type Curiosity in Swedish Young Children - are they meaningfully distinct?

Article Category: Research Article

Published Online: Jun 19, 2022

Page range: 64 - 71

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjcapp-2022-0007

KeywordsEarly Childhood, Curiosity, Interest/Deprivation-model, Construct-Validity, Parent-rating, Early Childhood Education

© 2022 John Michel Kaneko, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Early Childhood, Curiosity, Interest/Deprivation-model, Construct-Validity, Parent-rating, Early Childhood Education