Family Action Centre, Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, 2308, NSW, Australia.
Griffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University, Mount Gravatt, 4122, QLD, Australia.
Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev. 2019 Mar;22(1):90-103. doi: 10.1007/s10567-019-00282-4.
The assessment of self-regulation in children is of significant interest to researchers within education, clinical and developmental psychology, and clinical neuroscience, given its importance to adaptive functioning across a wide range of social, educational, interpersonal, educational and health domains. Because self-regulation is a complex, multidimensional construct, a range of assessment approaches have been developed to assess its various components including behavioural, cognitive and emotional domains. In recent years, digital technology has been increasingly used to enhance or supplement existing measurement approaches; however, developments have predominantly focused on translating traditional testing paradigms into digital formats. There is a need for more innovation in digital psychological assessments that harness modern mechanisms such as game-based design and interactivity. Such approaches have potential for the development of scalable, adaptable universal approaches to screening and assessment of children's self-regulatory capabilities, to facilitate early identification of difficulties in individuals and also guide planning and decision-making at a population level. We highlight a novel, innovative digital assessment tool for children called Rumble's Quest, a new measure of children's socio-emotional functioning that shows promise as an integrative assessment of well-being and self-regulation, and which incorporates both self-report and direct assessment of cognitive self-regulation. This tool is scalable, can be integrated into normal classroom activities, and forms part of a comprehensive prevention support system that can be used to guide stakeholders' decision-making regarding early intervention and support at the individual, classroom, school and community level. We finish by discussing other innovative possibilities for psychological assessment with children, using new and emerging technologies and assessment approaches.
鉴于自我调节对于儿童在广泛的社会、教育、人际、教育和健康领域的适应性功能的重要性，教育、临床和发展心理学以及临床神经科学领域的研究人员对儿童自我调节的评估非常感兴趣。由于自我调节是一个复杂的、多维度的结构，因此已经开发了一系列评估方法来评估其各个组成部分，包括行为、认知和情感领域。近年来，数字技术越来越多地被用于增强或补充现有的测量方法；然而，这些发展主要集中在将传统测试范式转化为数字格式上。数字心理评估需要更多的创新，利用现代机制，如基于游戏的设计和交互性。这些方法有可能开发出可扩展的、适应性强的通用方法来筛选和评估儿童的自我调节能力，以促进个体困难的早期识别，并指导人群层面的规划和决策。我们强调了一种新颖的、创新的儿童数字评估工具，称为 Rumble 的 Quest，这是一种新的儿童社会情感功能衡量标准，有望成为幸福感和自我调节的综合评估工具，它结合了自我报告和认知自我调节的直接评估。该工具具有可扩展性，可以集成到正常的课堂活动中，是综合预防支持系统的一部分，可用于指导利益相关者在个体、课堂、学校和社区层面进行早期干预和支持的决策。最后，我们讨论了使用新技术和评估方法对儿童进行心理评估的其他创新可能性。
