Thesis
A principal component analysis of a social-emotional rating scale and an analysis of the relationship between the parent and teacher components
Washington State University
Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
2011
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/103508
Abstract
This is a two part study: the Principal component analysis of a social/emotional rating scale given to parents and teachers of a group of preschool children with disabilities, and an analysis of the relationship between the parent and teacher ratings of each child. Eighty-five children in the first year of a twenty year longitudinal curriculum study were the focus of this investigation. The parents and teachers of these students were asked to complete the TOESD , The Test of Early Social Emotional Development (Hresko & Brown, 1984). Parents responded to a rating scale with 34 items while teachers answered 36 items. The teachers completed ratings on 81 children while only 49 parents of children responded. A Likert-type scale ranging from 1 to 4 was applied to each of the scales so as to interpret the ratings made by teachers and parents. The Cronbach’s alpha computed for each scale was adequate: parent scale alpha was .92 and teacher scale alpha was .93. An initial Principal component analysis with a Varimax rotation was conducted on each scale and indicated several outlier items. Those items were removed, the analysis rerun, and seven component factors were identified from each scale with an eigenvalue greater than 1.0. The focus of the first three components on each rating scale was similar. While the remaining components were similar they are different in order. It appears that on the surface, the first three factors, which account for most of the variance, are similar across both scales; however, parent and teachers experience the behavior of the child somewhat differently in their respective environments. There were only two significant correlations between the parent and teacher responses. It is important to consider these different “perceptions” and environments when using scores to make judgments about the social-emotional behavior of young children. It is also important to identify the different factors included in each scale and consider their impact on the child’s behavior in different environments.
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- Title
- A principal component analysis of a social-emotional rating scale and an analysis of the relationship between the parent and teacher components
- Creators
- Megan Riebe Itani
- Contributors
- Paulette Mills (Degree Supervisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Education, College of
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; Pullman, Wash. :
- Identifiers
- 99900525377401842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis