Owens Rhea L, Patterson Meagan M, Multon Karen D
Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN, United States.
Department of Educational Psychology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, United States.
Front Psychol. 2025 Feb 12;16:1468944. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1468944. eCollection 2025.
There is a lack of research on young children's strengths, likely in part due to limited tools available to identify individual strengths in early childhood. To help address this gap and provide a brief measure for parents, researchers, and practitioners, the 37-item (PSI) was developed. First, focus groups with parents were conducted to identify strengths in early childhood. Based on the results of the focus groups and a review of the research, items were developed, reviewed by experts, and tested through exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. The five factors identified were: and Lastly, validity was tested and established with measures of personality traits and social skills, and the PSI's test-retest reliability was examined. Results provide support for the content structure, reliability, and validity of the PSI. The PSI can provide the ability to study strengths beginning early in life and provide a foundation to develop strengths-focused interventions.
目前对幼儿优势的研究不足，部分原因可能是用于识别幼儿个体优势的工具有限。为了帮助填补这一空白，并为家长、研究人员和从业者提供一种简短的测量方法，开发了包含37个项目的幼儿优势量表（PSI）。首先，与家长进行焦点小组讨论，以确定幼儿期的优势。根据焦点小组的结果和对研究的回顾，开发了相关项目，经专家评审，并通过探索性和验证性因素分析进行测试。确定的五个因素为：……最后，通过人格特质和社交技能测量对效度进行了测试和验证，并检验了PSI的重测信度。结果为PSI的内容结构、信度和效度提供了支持。PSI能够为从生命早期就开始研究优势提供能力，并为开展以优势为重点的干预措施奠定基础。
