Measuring early childhood development in Brazil: validation of the Caregiver Reported Early Development Instruments (CREDI).

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The present study aims to analyze the psychometric properties and general validity of the Caregiver Reported Early Development Instruments (CREDI) short form for the population-level assessment of early childhood development for Brazilian children under age 3.

Method

The study analyzed the acceptability, test-retest reliability, internal consistency and discriminant validity of the CREDI short-form tool. The study also analyzed the concurrent validity of the CREDI with a direct observational measure (Inter-American Development Bank's Regional Project on Child Development Indicators; PRIDI). The full sample includes 1,265 Brazilian caregivers of children from 0 to 35 months (678 of which comprising an in-person sample and 587 an online sample).

Results

Result

SUBMITTER: Altafim ERP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9432122 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan - Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature