Emotion understanding among institutionalized preschool children in India: A visual-based approach.

ABSTRACT: The present study aimed to develop two visual tasks to assess the emotion understanding of institutionalized preschool children in India. To enhance the psychometric qualities of both tasks, content validity and inter-rater reliability assessments, translation-back translation and a rigorous peer review process were undertaken. In addition, the tool's components were mapped with institutionalized children's everyday experiences to help them better relate to the task. The tool development phase was followed by the assessment phase. Eighteen participants (nine males, nine females) aged 3-6 years were purposefully selected from three childcare institutions. The emotion identification task required children to identify the correct emotions from the cartoon characters' facial expressions and ge

SUBMITTER: Mishra M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11823325 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature