Article

A Preliminary Study on a Playfulness Assessment Scale for Mothers of Children aged Three to Eight

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오혜주, 유미숙, 조유진

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pp. 349~362 / 2010 Vol.17 No.1

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to develop a Korean version of the Playfulness Assessment Scale for mothers, to construct a mother\'s Playfulness Assessment Scale, and to verify the suitability of questionnaires, their validity, and credibility according to the scale developed. The subjects of the research were 249 mothers who have three to eight age children and the main research tool consisted of 28 questionnaires of the Playfulness Assessment Scale developed by both translation and in consultation with professionals. For the verification of construct validity, factor analysis and Pearson correlation coefficients were used, for the item analysis, χ2 value and Cramer\'s V were calculated, and for the verification of reliability, Cronbach\'s α, and mean, standard deviation, maximum, minimum value were calculated. After research factor analysis, 10 questionnaires were excluded and the factors of Sense of Humor, Fun-loving, and Enjoy Silliness were added to the 5 factors of the original PSA. Correlation among sub factors was high, and the total reliability of the tool coefficent was α= .80. Therefore, this study can be said to be meaningful as a preliminary research exercise for developing a Playfulness Assessment Scale for mothers.Key words : mother\'s Playfulness, playfulness scale for mother, PSA(Playfulness Scale for Adults), playfulness, development scale

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