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A TEACHER'S QUESTIONNAIRE FOR INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR
Author(s) -
Roper R.,
Hinde R. A.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1979.tb00515.x
Subject(s) - psychology , observational study , reliability (semiconductor) , developmental psychology , personality , psychometrics , test validity , clinical psychology , social psychology , statistics , power (physics) , physics , mathematics , quantum mechanics
SUMMARY A questionnaire suitable for completion by teachers of nursery school children is described. Evidence is presented for the reliability of the instrument and its validity is assessed by some comparisons with contemporaneous direct observation of the children. Principal component analyses of the questionnaire data and of the observational measures reveal differences in factor structure. It is concluded that although agreement between observation and questionnaire on many individual items is high, the teachers used an implicit personality theory when completing the questionnaire which does not correspond with the structure revealed by direct observation, but does correspond with that of other raters.