An instrument was constructed to assess preschool teachers' attitudes toward young children's behaviors and questions regarding sexuality. Two panels of judges consisting of child development professionals and certified sex educators were randomly selected to participate in the instrument development process. The first panel of judges answered open-ended questions from which a 28, multiple choice item scale was developed. A second panel of judges reviewed the multiple choice items for validity. The second panel of judges also ranked the answers according to quality. The judges were asked to review the items and rank the answers twice to determine the consistency of their opinions. Using Aiken's validity and reliability of validity indexes the validity of each item was established. Seven items were judged invalid and deleted. Weights assigned by judges were averaged to compute the answer key. Kendall's coefficient of concordance was utilized to show the agreement of the judges' ranking of the answers. The scale was sent to 128 preschool teachers who work for a nationwide-child care corporation. Eighty-two teachers returned useable scales. Cronbach's coefficient alpha was used to determine interitem reliability which was .54, p < .001. The instrument was designed to be used as a teaching tool. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 45-01, Section: B, page: 0379. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1984.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75271 |
| Contributors | SCOTT-LOWE, EMILY., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 97 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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