영유아 교사 공감능력 측정도구 개발과 타당화

Abstract

Objectives The purpose of this study is to develop and validate a empathy scale for early childhood teachers. Methods To this end, 128 preliminary questions were developed through literature review. Next, the opinions of 5 experts were collected through content validity verification, and 56 items were extracted through validity testing. Afterwards, a preliminary survey was conducted on 20 teachers, and a main survey was conducted on 342 teachers. After exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis were conducted, the validity and reliability were finally verified. Results Based on the research results, a tool was developed to measure the empathy ability of early childhood teachers. This tool consisted of 15 items for empathy for infants and 11 items for empathy for adults. Finally, the early childhood teacher empathy ability measurement tool consisted of 26 items with 2 sub-factors. Conclusions This scale is expected to be useful data for the development of follow-up research by measuring the empathy ability of early childhood teachers and revealing the relationship with related factors.