Abstract

ABELLAN, Francisco J.; CALVO-LLENA, María T.  and  RABADAN, Rafael. Scale of Harmonic Development. A Validation Study. Anal. Psicol. [online]. 2018, vol.34, n.1, pp.77-85. ISSN 1695-2294.  https://dx.doi.org/10.6018/analesps.34.1.287611.

This paper gathers firstly, the study of psychometric validation of the Scale of Harmonic Development (SHD) (Abellán, 2011). 218 children between the ages of 0-12 years were participated in the study. The exploratory factorial analysis showed the one-dimensional nature of the scale as a whole and all its subscales; as well as the internal consistency of the measurements and the adequacy of the items, revealing the scale’s usefulness as a screening test for prevention of children’s development. Secondly, a first approach to the scale’s validation process is presented in this dissertation, for which another 67 six-year-old children were evaluated. The concurrent validation with the scales IDB (Fundació Catalana per a la Síndrome de Down, 1998) and BLOC Screening (Puyuelo, Renom, Selanas & Wiig, 2002) conducted through analysis of correlations provided contradictory data that will be contrasted in future studies with a broader sample.

Keywords : Development scales; Psychometric validation; Exploratory factorial analysis; AFE; Concurrent validation; Children's Development.

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