Bioecological Theory, Early Child Development and the Validation of the Population-Level Early Development Instrument

Autor/inn/en	Guhn, Martin; Goelman, Hillel
Titel	Bioecological Theory, Early Child Development and the Validation of the Population-Level Early Development Instrument
Quelle	In: Social Indicators Research, 103 (2011) 2, S.193-217 (25 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0303-8300
DOI	10.1007/s11205-011-9842-5
Schlagwörter	Child Development; Well Being; Measures (Individuals); Young Children; Kindergarten; Preschool Teachers; Theories; Validity; Longitudinal Studies; Foreign Countries; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kindesentwicklung; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Messdaten; Frühe Kindheit; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Erzieher; Erzieherin; Kindergärtnerin; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Theory; Theorie; Gültigkeit; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Ausland; Kanada
Abstract	The Early Development Instrument (EDI; Janus and Offord in "Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science" 39:1-22, 2007) project is a Canadian population-level, longitudinal research project, in which teacher ratings of Kindergarten children's early development and wellbeing are linked to health and academic achievement variables at the individual level, and to demographic, cultural, and socioeconomic variables at the community level. In this article, we draw from Bronfenbrenner's bioecological theory of human development to create a coherent theoretical framework for guiding validation research within a population-level approach to child development research in general and for the EDI project in particular. The discussion draws from a range of social and health sciences as well as validity theory. The paper seeks to align complex conceptual, theoretical, methodological, and psychometric considerations, to provide specific design, methodology, and validation recommendations for a population-level approach to studying children's development and wellbeing, and to discuss the strengths and challenges of this approach. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10