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Reliability and validity of the Dutch version of the Brief Infant-Toddler Social and Emotional Assessment (BITSEA).
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- The Effectiveness of the BITSEA as a Tool to Early Detect Psychosocial Problems in Toddlers, a Cluster Randomized Trial.PloS one · 2015Trial
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- Longitudinal associations between socioeconomic status and psychosocial problems in preschool children.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2024Article
- Previously institutionalized toddlers' social and emotional competence and kindergarten adjustment: Indirect effects through executive function.Developmental psychology · 2023Article
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- Psychosocial health disparities in early childhood: Socioeconomic status and parent migration background.SSM - population health · 2022Article
- Tools for early screening of autism spectrum disorders in primary health care - a scoping review.BMC primary care · 2022Article
- Correlates of help-seeking by parents for the socioemotional development of their 3-year-old children: a longitudinal study.BMJ open · 2022Article
- Building a Predictive Model of Social-Emotional Adjustment: Exploring the Relationship between Parenting Self-Efficacy, Parenting Behaviour and Psychological Distress in Mothers of Young Children in Ireland.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Pathways to Maternal and Child Well-Being: Stability and Transaction across Toddlerhood.Parenting, science and practice · 2021Article
- Care use and its intensity in children with complex problems are related to varying child and family factors: A follow-up study.PloS one · 2020Article
- Sleep, biological stress, and health among toddlers living in socioeconomically disadvantaged homes: A research protocol.Research in nursing & health · 2017Article
- Behavioral Problems and Socioemotional Competence at 18 to 22 Months of Extremely Premature Children.Pediatrics · 2017Article
- Developing Autism Screening Criteria for the Brief Infant Toddler Social Emotional Assessment (BITSEA).Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2017Article
- Do child healthcare professionals and parents recognize social-emotional and behavioral problems in 1-year-old infants?European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe Brief Infant-Toddler Social and Emotional Assessment (BITSEA) is a relatively new and short (42-item) questionnaire that measures psychosocial problems in toddlers and consists of a Problem and a Competence scale. In this study the reliability and validity of the Dutch version of the BITSEA were examined for the whole group and for gender and ethnicity subgroups.
methodsParents of 7140 two-year-old children were invited in the study, of which 3170 (44.4%) parents completed the BITSEA. For evaluation of the score distribution, the presence of floor/ceiling effects was determined. The internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha) was evaluated and in subsamples the test-retest, parent-childcare provider interrater reliability and concurrent validity with regard to the Child Behavioral Checklist (CBCL). Discriminative validity was evaluated by comparing scores of parents that worry and parents that do not worry about their child's development.
resultsThe BITSEA showed no floor or ceiling effects. Psychometric properties of the BITSEA Problem and Competence scale were respectively: Cronbach's alphas were 0.76 and 0.63. Test-retest correlations were 0.75 and 0.61. Interrater reliability correlations were 0.30 and 0.17. Concurrent validity was as hypothesised. The BITSEA was able to discriminate between parents that worry about their child and parents that do not worry. The psychometric properties of the BITSEA were comparable across gender and ethnic background.
conclusionThe results in this large-scale study of a diverse sample support the reliability and validity of the BITSEA Problem scale. The BITSEA Competence scale needs further study. The performance of the BITSEA appears to be similar in subgroups by gender and ethnic background.
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