Abstract
ObjectiveThe present study aims to analyze the psychometric properties and general validity of the Caregiver Reported Early Development Instruments (CREDI) short form for the population‐level assessment of early childhood development for Brazilian children under age 3. MethodThe study analyzed the acceptability, test‐retest reliability, internal consistency and discriminant validity of the CREDI short‐form tool. The study also analyzed the concurrent validity of the CREDI with a direct observational measure (Inter‐American Development Bank's Regional Project on Child Development Indicators; PRIDI). The full sample includes 1,265 Brazilian caregivers of children from 0 to 35 months (678 of which comprising an in‐person sample and 587 an online sample). ResultsResults from qualitative interviews suggest overall high rates of acceptability. Most of the items showed adequate test‐retest reliability, with an average agreement of 84%. Cronbach's alpha suggested adequate internal consistency/inter‐item reliability (α>0.80) for the CREDI within each of the six age groups (0–5, 6–11, 12–17, 18–23, 24–29 and 30–35 months of age). Multivariate analyses of construct validity showed that a significant proportion of the variance in CREDI scores could be explained by child gender and family characteristics, most importantly caregiver‐reported cognitive stimulation in the home (p<0.0001). Regarding concurrent validity, scores on the CREDI were significantly correlated with overall PRIDI scores within the in‐person sample at r=0.46 (p<0.001). ConclusionsThe results suggested that the CREDI short form is a valid, reliable, and acceptable measure of early childhood development for children under the age of 3 years in Brazil.
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