Natália Batista Albuquerque Goulart Lemos, Valerie Carson, Steven Howard, Carlos Cristi-Montero, Glacithane Lins da Cunha, Jéssica Gomes Mota, Antony Okely, Paulo Felipe Ribeiro Bandeira, Clarice Maria de Lucena Martins
Poor early childhood self-regulation is related to many mental health problems and antisocial behaviours, so it is important to use psychometrically sound instruments to assess children's self-regulation and behavioural development. The aim of this study is to report the translation, adaptation, as well as explore the construct validity of the child self-regulation & behaviour questionnaire (CSBQ) for the Brazilian context. The process consisted of different steps, such as transcultural translation, item intelligibility analysis, and psychometric analysis based on classical and contemporary theories. The validation process was carried out on a sample of 277 parents/caregivers (35.00 ± 6.72 years old) of 281 children (4.92 ± 1.45 years old; 156 females). The final Brazilian version showed adequate values of semantic, idiomatic, and conceptual equivalence. The validation process resulted in a seven-dimensional model with 33 items. The validation of Brazilian CSBQ is promising for investigating early self-regulation and behaviour problems in low-middle income contexts.
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The pervasiveness of racism in the U.S. and its negative relations with key development outcomes has led researchers to uncover mediators, of which this article argues efficacy should be considered. Self-efficacy, one's belief in their capability to accomplish a task or goal, can be measured in multiple domains of functioning and contexts to predict behaviour. The current study examines possible specificity in the relation between discrimination (general discrimination and school discrimination) and efficacy (academic efficacy and efficacy to combat discrimination), whether resilience moderates these associations, and if these processes differ by gender. A total of 879 Black youth (47% female; mean age = 12, SD = 0.58) were included in the analyses. Findings suggest that school discrimination experiences are differentially associated with domains of efficacy. Resilience was associated with increased efficacy, but no significant moderation effects were found.
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Maria Julia Hermida, Eliana Ruetti, Sebastián Javier Lipina, Maria Soledad Segretin
Child temperament is a predictor of non-verbal ability (i.e. thinking and problem-solving skills that do not fundamentally require verbal language production and comprehension). Given that temperament scores might vary depending on whether the reporter is a parent or a teacher, this study analyses (a) whether those reports are different and (b) how each report predicts child non-verbal ability in a non-western, educated, industrialized, rich and democratic sample. The Matrix subtest of KABC-II (a non-verbal ability task widely used in non-western, educated, industrialized, rich and democratic contexts) was administered to 85 Argentinian children (47 girls, 38 boys) aged 4–5 years, from middle-to-low socioeconomic status homes. Also, the Child Behaviour Questionnaire-Very Short Form was administered to obtain temperament reports from parents and teachers. We will compare the parent's and teacher's reports on temperament using Mann–Whitney U-tests. Finally, multiple linear regression analyses will be conducted to explore how parent and teacher reports of temperament predict non-verbal ability. Each temperament dimension will be analysed separately. Results should be interpreted considering the low sample size.
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