DEVELOPMENT OF PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT TOWARDS CHILDREN SCALE

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to develop a scale to measure the parental involvement of preschool children and to show the areas they are mostly involved in. In this reliability and validity study, the scale was administered to the mothers (n= 462) and fathers ( n=429) of the children aged at 4 - 6 in preschool public and private institutions. The five-point Likert scale was composed of two different versions posed for mothers and fathers separately. For the validity of the scale, the opinions of the experts were taken and the descriptive factor analysis was computated for the structure validity. The mother version of the scale consisted of 35 items and 4 factors whereas the father version had 40 items and 3 factors. For the reliability study, the coefficient of internal consistency was computated and the version for mothers had the coefficient ,91 and it was ,94 for the version for fathers. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was applied. These results are in acceptable compliance for parental involvement.

Keywords

• Preschool
• mother involvement
• father involvement

ÇOCUĞA YÖNELİK ANNE-BABA İLGİSİ ÖLÇEĞİNİN GELİŞTİRME ÇALIŞMASI

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı, okul öncesi eğitim kurumlarına devam eden 4-6 yaşındaki çocukların annebabalarının çocuklarına yönelik ilgi düzeylerini belirlemeye yönelik geçerli ve güvenilir bir ölçme aracı geliştirmektir. Ölçek anne ve babalara iki ayrı form şeklinde düzenlenmiştir. Düzenlenen formları ile ölçek 2011-2012 eğitim-öğretim yılında okul öncesi eğitim kurumlarında 4- 6 yaş grubunda öğrenim gören çocukların anne (n=462) ve babalarına (n=429) uygulanmıştır. Açımlayıcı faktör analizinde ölçeğin anne ilgi formunun 34 madde ve 4 faktör, baba ilgi formunun ise 40 madde ve 3 faktörden oluştuğu görülmüştür. Cronbach Alpha katsayıları anne ilgi formu için 0,91 ve baba ilgi formu için 0,94 olarak bulunmuştur. Doğrulayıcı faktör analizi sonucu uyum iyiliği indekslerinin kabul edilebilir ve iyi uyum sınırları içerisinde oldukları görülmüştür. Analiz sonuçlarına dayalı olarak ölçeğin 4-6 yaş grubunda çocuğu olan anne ve babaların çocuklarına yönelik ilgi düzeylerini ölçebileceğine karar verilmiştir.

Keywords

• Okul öncesi
• anne ilgisi
• baba ilgisi

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