What is it about?
This work is about the applicability of the Infant-Toddler Social Emotional Assessment (ITSEA) instrument at age 12 months. Participants with higher versus lower risk status at 6 and 12 months, based on developmental testing (Bayley) and parenting stress (PSI), were included. ITSEA was used in combination with Bayley Screening and PSI to detect cases with clinically significant scores. ITSEA was shown to make a salient contribution to case detection (mostly dysregulation problems).The differences between high-risk and low-risk group children indicated adequate discriminant validity. The results suggest that ITSEA may be meaningfully applied even among children as young as 12 months.
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Why is it important?
The work is of interest as it includes as many as one hundred infants in a comprehensive assessment based on parental reports of social emotional behavior, developmental secreening and parenting stress. It demonstrates that ratings of early social emotional items may make a salient contribution to early case detection.
Perspectives
In consideration of the scarcity of the validity of social emotional behaviors in infant assessment, this study is unique in showing discriminant validity of such behaviors in detecting early dysregulation problems.
Professor Lars Smith
University of Oslo
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This page is a summary of: Early identification of social–emotional problems: Applicability of the Infant-Toddler Social Emotional Assessment (ITSEA) at its lower age limit, Infant Behavior and Development, February 2016, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2015.11.001.
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