Evaluation of the Turkish Version of the 'Ages and Stages Questionnaires: Social-Emotional' in Identifying Children with Social-Emotional Problems

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      Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 351 West Camden Street, Baltimore, MD 21201. Tel: 800-638-3030; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: http://www.lww.com
    • Peer Reviewed:
      Y
    • Source:
      14
    • Subject Terms:
      Questionnaires; Children; Mothers; Emotional Problems; Interpersonal Competence; Reliability; Interrater Reliability; Educational Attainment; Parent Background; Family Income; Psychometrics; Foreign Countries
    • Subject Terms:
      Turkey
    • Accession Number:
      10.1097/IYC.0b013e31820eae26
    • ISSN:
      0896-3746
    • Abstract:
      The applicability of the Age and Stages Questionnaires: Social Emotional (ASQ-SE; J. Squires, D. Bricker & E. Twombly, 2003) for Turkish children was examined. A total of 608 mothers completed the ASQ-SE's. Overall sensitivity and overall specificity were 83.7% and 89.9%, respectively. Test-retest reliability, assessed by classifying children as "at risk" or "not at risk" for social-emotional development, was 87%. The interrater reliability between mothers' and teachers' classifications was 83.6%. The results revealed that the psychometric properties of the ASQ-SE in Turkish children are comparable to those reported in Squires et al. Low levels of mothers' education, but not of the family income, were found to be linked to social-emotional problems. In the light of the findings it is concluded that the ASQ-SE can be utilized to screen the social emotional competencies and problems of Turkish children and to identify various risk and protective factors that affect social emotional development.
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    • Publication Date:
      2011
    • Accession Number:
      EJ923685