Measuring Parent Rated Interest and Deprivation type Curiosity in Swedish Young Children - are they meaningfully distinct?

Item	Swedish translation	English translation
Q1	Mitt barn har roligt när hen lär sig om nya teman, ämnen och saker.	My child has fun learning about new topics and subjects
Q3	Mitt barn lockas av och är intresserat av nya saker och föremål i hens miljö.	My child enjoys talking about topics that are new to him/her
Q5	Mitt barn tycker om att prata om sådana ämnen som är helt nya för hen	My child enjoys talking about topics that are new to him/her
Q7	Mitt barn visar tydlig uppskattning och glädje när hen upptäcker något nytt	My child shows visible enjoyment when discovering something new
Q9	När mitt barn lär sig något nytt ställer hen många frågor om det	When my child is learning something new, he/she asks many questions about it
Q2	När mitt barn får ett svårt problem, fokuserar mitt barn all sin uppmärksamhet på hur hen kan lösa problemet	When presented with a tough problem my child focuses all of his/her attention on how to solve it
Q4	Mitt barn lägger betydande energi på att förstå saker som är förvirrande eller oklara	My child devotes considerable effort trying to figure out things that are confusing or unclear
Q6	Mitt barn blir besvärat när hen inte förstår något och försöker då intensivt att göra det begripligt och förståeligt	My child is bothered when he/she does not understand something, and tries hard to make sense of it
Q8	Mitt barn kommer att arbeta länge för att lösa ett problem därför att hen vill veta svaret	My child will work for a long time to solve a problem because he/she wants to know the answer
Q10	Mitt barn tittar noga på saker och undersöker dem genom att vrida och vända på dem och titta på dem från olika håll.	My child carefully examines thing by turning them around or looking at them from all sides

[i] Blue section = I-type EC. White section = D-type EC. Item numbers reflects orders as administered in the parent rating

Table 2

Means, Standard Deviations, Internal Consistency Reliability Indexes based on Pearson correlations, and Polychoric Correlations Among Curiosity Items

Sub Scale	M	SD	α	95% CI α	M Inter Item r	M CIT		Q1	Q3	Q5	Q7	Q9	Q2	Q4	Q6	Q8	Q10
							Q1	1
							Q3	0.55	1
I-type	20.35	3.30	0.77	0.73-0.82	0.41	0.65	Q5	0.43	0.49	1
							Q7	0.53	0.56	0.44	1
							Q9	0.36	0.47	0.66	0.49	1
							Q2	0.36	0.43	0.45	0.35	0.32	1
							Q4	0.35	0.44	0.56	0.43	0.41	0.50	1
D-type	15.83	3.93	0.76	0.71-0.81	0.39	0.64	Q6	0.22	0.21	0.36	0.18	0.34	0.35	0.46	1
							Q8	0.31	0.28	0.52	0.34	0.52	0.59	0.49	0.47	1
							Q10	0.24	0.38	0.43	0.41	0.56	0.37	0.36	0.34	0.50	1
Total	36.15	6.32	0.85	0.82-0.87	0.36	0.55

[i] N=253 for the I/D-YC. M = mean score, SD = standard deviation, 95% CI = 95% confidence interval, M CIT = mean corrected item-total correlation. Total = summed subscale scores.

Table 3

Goodness of fit indices for one and two-factor models

	One-factor model	Two factor model	Two factor model^A	Two factor model^B
Fit index	DWLS (robust)	DWLS (robust)	DWLS (robust)	DWLS (robust)	Thresholds
RMSEA	0.122	0.112	0.116	0.108	RMSEA < 0.06
CFI	0.931	0,943	0.943	0.949	CFI ≥.95
𝜒² (df)	168.615(35)^***	143.461(34)^**	147,64(33)^***	130.942(33)^***	p < 0.05
TLI	0.911	0,925	0.922	0.931	TLI ≥ 0.95
SRMR	0.076	0.069	0.068	0.065	SRMR <0.08
ECVI	0.79	0.73	0.76	0.69	Lower is better

[i] Confirmatory factor analysis fit indices (estimator=DWLS) and cut-off’s as cited by (30,35). ^A Inclusion of one correlated error as in the original validation. ^BIncluding one correlated error as per highest indicated modification index, ^**p < 0.01, ^*** p < 0.001.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjcapp-2022-0007 | Journal eISSN: 2245-8875

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Language: English

Page range: 64 - 71

Published on: Jun 19, 2022

Published by: Center for Evidence-based Psychiatry

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Keywords:

Early Childhood,

Curiosity,

Interest/Deprivation-model,

Construct-Validity,

Parent-rating,

Early Childhood Education

Related subjects:

Medicine,

Basic medical science,

Basic medical science, other

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Measuring Parent Rated Interest and Deprivation type Curiosity in Swedish Young Children - are they meaningfully distinct?

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