TY - JOUR
T1 - Validation of motor, cognitive, language, and socio-emotional subscales using the Caregiver Reported Early Development Instruments
T2 - An application of multidimensional item factor analysis
AU - CREDI Field Team
AU - Waldman, Marcus
AU - McCoy, Dana Charles
AU - Seiden, Jonathan
AU - Cuartas, Jorge
AU - Fink, Günther
AU - Altafim, Elisa
AU - Brentani, Alexandra
AU - Castellanos, Andreana
AU - Chen, Alexandra
AU - Chomat, Anne Marie
AU - Fawzi, Wafaie
AU - de Pin˜eres, Cristina Gutierrez
AU - Hamadani, Jena
AU - Henao, Natalia
AU - Jervis, Pamela
AU - Kane, Codie
AU - Measelle, Jeffrey
AU - Medrano, Patricia
AU - Pisani, Lauren
AU - Rasheed, Muneera
AU - Rockers, Peter C.
AU - Sudfeld, Christopher R.
AU - Tofail, Fahmida
AU - Wong, Christine
AU - Wright, Dorianne
AU - Yousafzai, Aisha K.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2021.
PY - 2021/7
Y1 - 2021/7
N2 - The Caregiver Reported Early Development Instruments (CREDI) are assessments tools for measuring the development of children under age three in global contexts. The present study describes the construction and psychometric properties of the motor, cognitive, language, and socio-emotional subscales from the CREDI’s long form. Multidimensional item factor analysis was employed, allowing indicators of child development to simultaneously load onto multiple factors representing distinct developmental domains. A total of 14,113 caregiver reports representing 17 low-, middle-, and high-income countries were analyzed. Criterion-related validity of the constructed subscales was tested in a subset of participants using data from previously established instruments, anthropometric data, and a measure of child stimulation. We also report internal-consistency reliability and test–retest reliability statistics. Results from our analysis suggest that the CREDI subscales display adequate reliability for population-level measurement, as well as evidence of validity.
AB - The Caregiver Reported Early Development Instruments (CREDI) are assessments tools for measuring the development of children under age three in global contexts. The present study describes the construction and psychometric properties of the motor, cognitive, language, and socio-emotional subscales from the CREDI’s long form. Multidimensional item factor analysis was employed, allowing indicators of child development to simultaneously load onto multiple factors representing distinct developmental domains. A total of 14,113 caregiver reports representing 17 low-, middle-, and high-income countries were analyzed. Criterion-related validity of the constructed subscales was tested in a subset of participants using data from previously established instruments, anthropometric data, and a measure of child stimulation. We also report internal-consistency reliability and test–retest reliability statistics. Results from our analysis suggest that the CREDI subscales display adequate reliability for population-level measurement, as well as evidence of validity.
KW - Early childhood development
KW - low- and middle-income countries
KW - multidimensional item factor analysis
KW - population-level measurement
KW - validity and reliability
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U2 - 10.1177/01650254211005560
DO - 10.1177/01650254211005560
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85106050122
SN - 0165-0254
VL - 45
SP - 368
EP - 377
JO - International Journal of Behavioral Development
JF - International Journal of Behavioral Development
IS - 4
ER -