@article{article_930460, title={Validity and Reliability Study of the Social-Emotional Assets and Resiliency Scale for Preschool (SEARS-Pre)}, journal={Journal of Education, Theory and Practical Research}, volume={7}, pages={74–86}, year={2021}, url={https://izlik.org/JA96BH99XT}, author={Özkan Yıldız, Feyza and Akman, Berrin}, keywords={Resilience, Social-emotional asset, Preschool period}, abstract={This paper deals with the process and findings of the reliability and validity study of the Social-Emotional Assets and Resiliency Scale for Preschool (SEARS-Pre) for preschool children in Turkey. The sample of the study consists of children aged 36-72 months and preschool teachers selected by cluster sampling from public preschool education institutions located in Selçuklu, Meram, and Karatay districts of Konya province of Turkey. A total of 200 preschool teachers completed the SEARS-Pre for 497 children aged 36-72 months. The SEARS-Pre analyses were made via Lisrel 5.3 and SPSS 22. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was conducted to verify the factor structure of the SEARS-Pre. The CFA results confirmed the three-factor structure of the scale consisting of the subdimensions of Self-regulation/Social competence, Emotion knowledge/Expression, and Empathy/Responsibility. The fit indices for the factor structure of the scale were found to be at acceptable levels. For the reliability of the scale, the Cronbach’s alpha coefficients were calculated to be .94 for the Self-regulation/Social competence subdimension, .90 for the Emotion knowledge/Expression subdimension, and .91 for the Empathy/Responsibility subdimension. The Spearman-Brown coefficient, another value calculated for reliability, was found to be .92 for Self-regulation/Social competence, .92 for Emotion knowledge/Expression, and .87 for Empathy/Responsibility. Based on all these results, the study concludes that the SEARS-Pre is a valid and reliable measurement tool for assessing the social-emotional assets and resilience of preschool children aged 36-72 months in Turkey.}, number={1}