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A Study on the Development and Validation of the Assessment Tool for Child Friendly Cities

아동·청소년친화도시 평가지표 개발 및 타당화 연구

  • Hong, Seung Ae (Dept. of Child Welfare & Studies, Sookmyung Women's University) ;
  • Lee, Jae Yeon (Dept. of Child Welfare & Studies, Sookmyung Women's University)
  • 홍승애 (숙명여자대학교 아동복지학과) ;
  • 이재연 (숙명여자대학교 아동복지학과)
  • Received : 2013.04.30
  • Accepted : 2013.08.13
  • Published : 2013.08.31

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to develop assessment tools to diagnose the child friendly level in a given community. To develop such assessment tools, the literature related to this issue was reviewed, and in order to reflect Korea specific social and cultural characteristics, 198 children and adolescents and 104 parents were interviewed in depth. The questionnaires were classified as objective tools and subjective tools by means of a content validity test by experts and a verification by preliminary survey. Objective tools are defined as those which are used by professionals to check facts based on laws and institutions. 20 objective questionnaires were created and completed. In contrast, subjective tools were used to check the subjective perceptions of children, adolescents and parents on their community environments. Subjective tools were collected as the basis for the data for construct validity and was calculated to verify the validity. For this purpose, 432 children and adolescents between 11 and 18 and 201 parents living in Seoul, Daejeon and Hwaseong (n=633) were surveyed. Subjective tools, 33 questions in 6 areas were created and completed for parents and for children and adolescents, 30 questions in 5 areas were created and completed.

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