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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2019.20.2.130

Development and Validation of 25~36 Months Old Infant's Happiness Scale for Teachers  

Min, Sun-Hee (Department of Early Childhood Education, Joongbu University)
Kim, Young-Sook (Department of Early Childhood Education, Joongbu University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.20, no.2, 2019 , pp. 130-143 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to identify factors of 25~36 months old infant's happiness and to develop a scale to measure infant happiness. The subjects were 250 infants aged 25~36 months. The results of this study are as follows: First, the components and items of infant's happiness scale selected through the literature, the previous measurement tool, and the focus group interview were 8 components and 29 items. The items were composed of 4 items of problem behavior, 4 items of achievement through immersion, 4 items of relationship with friends, 4 items of relationship with teacher, 3 items of physical environment, 4 items of positive emotion, 3 items of negative emotion, and 3 items of health. Second, as a result of validation of validity for infant's happiness scale, the item fit was confirmed with CFI=0.89, TLI=0.88, and RMR=0.05. Also, the construct validity was confirmed with convergent validity and discriminant validity. The concurrent validity was significantly correlated with the components of the previously developed measurement tools, and the reliability was appeared with 0.71-0.89. The infant's happiness scale developed in this study ensured reliability and validity as a measurement to measure infant happiness. Therefore, this scale is expected to be used as a major test tool to develope and verify a program for promoting infant happiness.
Keywords
Infant happiness; Problem behavior; Achievement through commitment; Relationship with friends; Relationship with teacher; Physical environment; Positive emotion; Negative emotion; Health;
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