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Measuring a socio-emotional well-being and resilience in preschool children

The context of the institution of early and pre-school education is very important factor in monitoring, identifying and promoting the well-being of children, especially in the case of socio-emotional well-being and resilience. Therefore, the main goal of this study was to validate Socio-emotional well-being and resilience scale for pre-school children (SEDO). The study included N=112 pre-school teachers who are observing pre-school children behaviour by using this scale. The total of N=1792 children (939 girls and 853 boys) with a mean age of M = 4.891 years has been observed at six dimensions: Making contact and social performance ; Self-control and thoughtfulness ; Self-assertiveness ; Emotional stability and coping with stress ; Task orientation ; and Pleasure in exploration. Exploratory factor analysis with Varimax rotation resulted in a final scale consisting of five subscales with a structure almost identical to those from the original study with the exception of subscale Task orientation, which is not retained. In addition, age and gender differences in the assessed dimensions showed the expected direction, except for specific and unexpected results associated with a significant decrease in the pleasure in exploration between three-year and four-year olds. Finally, the contribution of this study is exceptional due to the definition of valid measuring instrument that has applicable function within the work with pre-school children, and provided significant further research directions in this area.

the observation scale ; pre-school teachers ; pre-school children ; resilience ; socio-emotional well-being

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