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An assessment of the internal consistency of measures of constructs of the Dortmund Developmental screening for 5-6 years old children

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  • Miltiadis Proios
  • Vasilios Tsimaras
  • Maria Sidiropoulou
  • Despina Arzoglou
  • Kosmas Christoulas
  • Theofilos Pillianidis
  • Kostas Charitonidis

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The purpose of the present study was to investigate the reliability of DESK 3-6 for children 5-6 years old of age through the use of methods such are internal consistency reliability, test-retest and Cronbach’s alpha, as well as check its suitability on a different sample. Participants were 484 preschool children (243 boys and 241 girls) with ages ranging from 60 to 78 months. The Dortmund Developmental Screening for Preschools (Tröster, Flender, & Reineke, 2004) was used. Results revealed that the original version of DESK 3-6 for children 5-6 years old of age shows problems in internal consistency, adequate Cronbach alpha and test-retest coefficients. It is concluded that the present instrument appears to carry enough data to justify its use on other samples as well.

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  • Miltiadis Proios & Vasilios Tsimaras & Maria Sidiropoulou & Despina Arzoglou & Kosmas Christoulas & Theofilos Pillianidis & Kostas Charitonidis, 2015. "An assessment of the internal consistency of measures of constructs of the Dortmund Developmental screening for 5-6 years old children," Studies in Social Sciences and Humanities, Research Academy of Social Sciences, vol. 3(5), pages 241-250.
    • Handle: RePEc:rss:jnljsh:v3i5p2
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