Larsen J J, Juhasz A M
Adolescence. 1986 Spring;21(81):39-54.
The need for an instrument that measures knowledge of child development and is comprehensible to lay populations and young adolescents has led to the development of the Knowledge of Child Development Inventory (KCDI). The KCDI is a 56-item multiple-choice test of knowledge of child development from birth to age three in the areas of emotional, cognitive, physical, and social development. Normative data were obtained on the KCDI from a sample population of 434 adolescent and adult females from varying racial backgrounds. The instrument has a reading level of 8.0 (Fry Reading Index), a minimum of technical terminology, reliability of .93 (Cronback's alpha coefficient of internal consistency), and criterion validity of .83. The KCDI would be relevant in educational settings where pre- and post-assessment of knowledge of child development is desired, i.e., high school courses in child development, prenatal classes, Head Start parent-training programs, and early childhood/special education parent-training programs. In addition, the KCDI would be relevant in clinical settings where the assessment of a person's concepts of child development are of importance i.e., adoption agencies, abuse centers, and teenage pregnancy centers.
需要一种能够测量儿童发展知识且外行人及青少年易于理解的工具，这促使了儿童发展知识量表（KCDI）的开发。KCDI是一项包含56个选择题的测试，涉及从出生到三岁儿童在情感、认知、身体和社会发展领域的知识。从434名不同种族背景的青少年和成年女性样本群体中获取了KCDI的常模数据。该工具的阅读水平为8.0（弗莱阅读指数），技术术语最少，信度为0.93（克朗巴赫内部一致性阿尔法系数），效度为0.83。KCDI在希望对儿童发展知识进行前后评估的教育环境中具有相关性，即儿童发展高中课程、产前课程、启智计划家长培训项目以及幼儿/特殊教育家长培训项目。此外，KCDI在临床环境中也具有相关性，在这些环境中评估一个人对儿童发展的概念很重要，即收养机构、虐待中心和青少年怀孕中心。
