university of york, 27 - 29 th july 2011
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Laboratorio di Statistica per la Ricerca Sociale e Educativa Facoltà di Scienze della Formazione - Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Educazione e dei Processi Culturali e Formativi. University of York, 27 - 29 th July 2011 3rd Conference of the International Society for Child Indicators - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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University of York, 27 - 29 th July 2011
3rd Conference of the International Society for Child Indicators
‘‘Italian validation of three American scales Italian validation of three American scales aimed at measuring children’s well-aimed at measuring children’s well-
beingbeing’. ’.
Beatrice Tommasi-Elena RuviglioniBeatrice Tommasi-Elena Ruviglioni(Università degli Studi di Firenze)(Università degli Studi di Firenze)
Laboratorio di Statistica per la Ricerca Sociale e Educativa
Facoltà di Scienze della Formazione - Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Educazione e dei Processi Culturali e Formativi
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‘‘Child well-being’Child well-being’
Why this topic?Why this topic?
- Child well-beingChild well-being
- The welfare of the whole societyThe welfare of the whole society
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‘‘Child well-being’Child well-being’
1.1.Indirect evaluationIndirect evaluation
2.2.Children’s direct involvement Children’s direct involvement
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1. 1. INDIRECT EVALUATIONINDIRECT EVALUATION
• Social indicators:Social indicators:
- Convention on the Rights of the Child (‘89)- Convention on the Rights of the Child (‘89)- BROFENBRENNER’S BIO-ECOLOGICAL MODEL - BROFENBRENNER’S BIO-ECOLOGICAL MODEL
(Bronferbrenner, 1998)(Bronferbrenner, 1998)- UNICEF;- UNICEF;- OECD;- OECD;- CWI (Land, 2001);- CWI (Land, 2001);- CHILD (2002)- CHILD (2002)- KIDS COUNT (The Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2003);- KIDS COUNT (The Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2003);- CHILD FOCUSED APPROACH (Hood, 2005);- CHILD FOCUSED APPROACH (Hood, 2005);- ISQOLS (‘90)- ISQOLS (‘90)
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2. 2. CHILDREN’S DIRECT CHILDREN’S DIRECT INVOLVEMENT INVOLVEMENT
to obtain their point of viewto obtain their point of view
criteriacriteria used in order to select the used in order to select the questionnairequestionnaire: :
- - Children’s direct Involvement;Children’s direct Involvement;
- - Defined age range (from third to fifth grade Defined age range (from third to fifth grade of Primary school);of Primary school);
- Free availability of the questionnaire’ - Free availability of the questionnaire’ versions;versions;
- Wide validation.- Wide validation.
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• Literature review:Literature review:
- CSDQ (Crandall et al., 1965)- CSDQ (Crandall et al., 1965) - PANAS-C (Laurent et al., 1999)- PANAS-C (Laurent et al., 1999) - SLSS (Huebner, 1991)- SLSS (Huebner, 1991) - MSLSS (Huebner, 1994)- MSLSS (Huebner, 1994) - BMSLSS (Huebner, 1997)- BMSLSS (Huebner, 1997) - COSS (Randolph et al., 2008)- COSS (Randolph et al., 2008)
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- - Students’ Life Satisfaction ScaleStudents’ Life Satisfaction Scale (Huebner, 1991)(Huebner, 1991)
- - Multidimensional Students’ Life Multidimensional Students’ Life Satisfaction ScaleSatisfaction Scale (Huebner, 1994) (Huebner, 1994)
- - Brief Multidimensional Students’ Brief Multidimensional Students’ Life Satisfaction ScaleLife Satisfaction Scale (Huebner, 1997) (Huebner, 1997)
Three questionnaires met the objectives Three questionnaires met the objectives described above:described above:
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SLSSSLSSMSLSSMSLSS
BMSLSSBMSLSSTopics:Topics:
- Family Family - FriendsFriends- SchoolSchool- Living environmentLiving environment- Self Self - Life as a wholeLife as a whole
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The ‘CHILDREN LIFE The ‘CHILDREN LIFE SATISFACTION’ survey:SATISFACTION’ survey:
• STUDY 1 STUDY 1
Objective: Italian validation of three Objective: Italian validation of three scalesscales
• STUDY 2STUDY 2
Objective: surveyObjective: survey childrens’ point childrens’ point of viewof view
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The ‘CHILDREN LIFE The ‘CHILDREN LIFE SATISFACTION’ survey: study 1SATISFACTION’ survey: study 1
• Objective: Italian validation of Objective: Italian validation of three scalesthree scales
• The questionnaire:The questionnaire:
- - Demographic informationDemographic information
What year were you born?What year were you born?
Where were you born?Where were you born?
You are: orYou are: or You live with: You live with: - Both parents;- Both parents;
- A single parents;- A single parents;
- Brothers/sisters;- Brothers/sisters;
- Grandparents;- Grandparents;
- Friends;- Friends;
- Other.- Other.
What’s your parents’ jobs? - mother:What’s your parents’ jobs? - mother:
- father:- father:
Do you have your own bedroom?Do you have your own bedroom?-yes -no-yes -no
Do you have a computer in your home?Do you have a computer in your home? -yes -no-yes -no
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The ‘CHILDREN LIFE SATISFACTION’ The ‘CHILDREN LIFE SATISFACTION’ survey: study 1survey: study 1
• Objective: Italian validation of Objective: Italian validation of three scalesthree scales
• The tool:The tool:
- - Demographic informationDemographic information
- Student’s Life Satisfaction Scale- Student’s Life Satisfaction Scale
How much do you agree with the How much do you agree with the
following statements?following statements?
- I would like to change things in my - I would like to change things in my
lifelife- Life is great- Life is great- I have a good life- I have a good life- My life is better than most kids- My life is better than most kids
Response options:Response options:
- Strongly Disagree - Strongly Disagree - Moderately Disagree- Moderately Disagree- Mildly Disagree- Mildly Disagree- Mildly Agree- Mildly Agree- Moderately Agree- Moderately Agree- Strongly Agree- Strongly Agree
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The ‘CHILDREN LIFE SATISFACTION’ The ‘CHILDREN LIFE SATISFACTION’ survey: study 1survey: study 1
• Objective: Italian validation of Objective: Italian validation of three scalesthree scales
• The tool:The tool:
- - Demographic informationDemographic information
- Student’s Life Satisfaction Scale- Student’s Life Satisfaction Scale
- Multidimensional Student’s - Multidimensional Student’s Life Satisfaction ScaleLife Satisfaction Scale
• FAMILY:FAMILY:- My parents and I do fun things together- My parents and I do fun things together- I enjoy being at home with my family- I enjoy being at home with my family
• FRIENDS: FRIENDS: - I wish I had different friends- I wish I had different friends- I have a lot of fun with my friends- I have a lot of fun with my friends
• SCHOOL:SCHOOL:- I like being in school- I like being in school- School is interesting- School is interesting
• LIVING ENVIRONMENT:LIVING ENVIRONMENT:- I like where I live- I like where I live- I like my neighborhood- I like my neighborhood
• SELF:SELF:- I am a nice person- I am a nice person- I like myself- I like myself
Response options:Response options:- Never- Never- Sometimes- Sometimes- Often- Often- Almost always- Almost always
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The ‘CHILDREN LIFE The ‘CHILDREN LIFE SATISFACTION’ survey: study 1SATISFACTION’ survey: study 1
• Objective: Italian validation Objective: Italian validation of three scalesof three scales
• The tool:The tool:
- - Demographic informationDemographic information
- Student’s Life Satisfaction Scale- Student’s Life Satisfaction Scale
- Multidimensional Student’s Life - Multidimensional Student’s Life
Satisfaction ScaleSatisfaction Scale
- Brief Multidimensional Student’s - Brief Multidimensional Student’s
Life Satisfaction ScaleLife Satisfaction Scale
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The ‘CHILDREN LIFE The ‘CHILDREN LIFE SATISFACTION’ survey: study 1SATISFACTION’ survey: study 1
BMSLSSBMSLSS
Questions:Questions:- I would describe my - I would describe my
satisfaction with my satisfaction with my family life asfamily life as
Response options (7):Response options (7):- Terrible- Terrible- Unhappy- Unhappy- Mostly satisfied- Mostly satisfied- Mixed (about equally - Mixed (about equally
satisfied and dissatisfied)satisfied and dissatisfied)- Mostly dissatisfied- Mostly dissatisfied- Pleased- Pleased- Delighted- Delighted
BMSLSS italian versionBMSLSS italian version
Questions:Questions:- Are you satisfied with your - Are you satisfied with your
family life?family life?
Response options (5):Response options (5):
- terribly unhappy- terribly unhappy- dissatisfied- dissatisfied- satisfied and equally- satisfied and equally dissatisfied (mixture), dissatisfied (mixture), - satisfied,- satisfied,- very satisfied- very satisfied
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The ‘CHILDREN LIFE The ‘CHILDREN LIFE SATISFACTION’ survey: study 1SATISFACTION’ survey: study 1
• Objective: Italian validation of Objective: Italian validation of three scalesthree scales
• The tool:The tool:
- - Demographic informationDemographic information
- Student’s Life Satisfaction Scale- Student’s Life Satisfaction Scale
- Multidimensional Student’s Life - Multidimensional Student’s Life Satisfaction ScaleSatisfaction Scale
- Brief Multidimensional Student’s - Brief Multidimensional Student’s Life Satisfaction ScaleLife Satisfaction Scale
- Face Scale- Face Scale
• Question:Question:
How much are you happy?How much are you happy?
• Response options:Response options:
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The ‘CHILDREN LIFE The ‘CHILDREN LIFE SATISFACTION’ survey: study 1SATISFACTION’ survey: study 1• Objective: Italian validation of Objective: Italian validation of
three scalesthree scales
• The tool:The tool:
- - Demographic informationDemographic information
- Student’s Life Satisfaction Scale- Student’s Life Satisfaction Scale
- Multidimensional Student’s Life - Multidimensional Student’s Life Satisfaction ScaleSatisfaction Scale
- Brief Multidimensional Student’s - Brief Multidimensional Student’s Life Satisfaction ScaleLife Satisfaction Scale
- Face Scale- Face Scale
- Weather Scales- Weather Scales
• Questions:Questions:
- When you are at school how do you - When you are at school how do you feel?feel?
- When you are with your family how do - When you are with your family how do you feel?you feel?
- When you are with your friends how do - When you are with your friends how do you feel?you feel?
• Response options:Response options:
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The ‘CHILDREN LIFE The ‘CHILDREN LIFE SATISFACTION’ survey: study 1SATISFACTION’ survey: study 1• Sample: Sample: 235235 children (III-IV-V of Primary School) children (III-IV-V of Primary School)
Procedures: - Contact with Procedures: - Contact with school management/teachersschool management/teachers
- - Signed permission by children’s parents Signed permission by children’s parents
- Administering the questionnaire (presence of - Administering the questionnaire (presence of researcher) researcher)
CountCount PercentagePercentage
FemaleFemale 128128 5555
MaleMale 107107 4646
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The ‘CHILDREN LIFE The ‘CHILDREN LIFE SATISFACTION’ survey: study 1SATISFACTION’ survey: study 1
• Analysis of internal consistency Analysis of internal consistency (Cronbach’s Alpha(Cronbach’s Alpha):):
- Student’s Life Satisfaction Scale - Student’s Life Satisfaction Scale αα = 0.75= 0.75
- Multidimensional Student’s Life Satisfaction Scale- Multidimensional Student’s Life Satisfaction Scale
Family Family αα =0.68=0.68
Friends Friends αα = 0.83= 0.83
School School αα =0.83 =0.83
Living environment Living environment αα =0.74=0.74
Self Self α α =0.74=0.74
- Brief Multidimensional Student’s Life Satisfaction Scale - Brief Multidimensional Student’s Life Satisfaction Scale αα = 0.75= 0.75
αα total = 0.76 total = 0.76
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The ‘CHILDREN LIFE The ‘CHILDREN LIFE SATISFACTION’ survey: study 1SATISFACTION’ survey: study 1
The presence of researcher in the classes The presence of researcher in the classes
changes
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The ‘CHILDREN LIFE SATISFACTION’ The ‘CHILDREN LIFE SATISFACTION’ survey: study 1 survey: study 1 (changes)(changes)
- - Demographic informationDemographic information
- Student’s Life Satisfaction Scale - Student’s Life Satisfaction Scale
- Multidimensional Student’s Life - Multidimensional Student’s Life Satisfaction Scale Satisfaction Scale
- Brief Multidimensional - Brief Multidimensional Student’s Life Satisfaction Student’s Life Satisfaction Scale Scale
- Face Scale - Face Scale
- Weather Scale - Weather Scale
.. brothers/sistersbrothers/sisters→→ . . BrothersBrothers . . SistersSisters
. . My life is better than most kids My life is better than most kids →→ that I knowthat I know
. . My family is better than most kids My family is better than most kids →→
that I knowthat I know. . Almost always Almost always → → alwaysalways
. . No changeNo change
. Do you like your neighbors?Do you like your neighbors?
. . Do you like your house?Do you like your house?
. . Do you like the area you live in?Do you like the area you live in?
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The ‘CHILDREN LIFE The ‘CHILDREN LIFE SATISFACTION’ survey: study 2SATISFACTION’ survey: study 2
• Objective: surveyObjective: survey childrens’ point of view childrens’ point of view
• The questionnaire:The questionnaire:
- - Demographic informationDemographic information
- Student’s Life Satisfaction Scale- Student’s Life Satisfaction Scale
- Multidimensional Student’s Life - Multidimensional Student’s Life Satisfaction ScaleSatisfaction Scale
- Brief Multidimensional Student’s - Brief Multidimensional Student’s Life Satisfaction ScaleLife Satisfaction Scale
- Face Scale- Face Scale
- Weather Scales- Weather Scales
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The ‘CHILDREN LIFE The ‘CHILDREN LIFE SATISFACTION’ survey: study 2SATISFACTION’ survey: study 2
Count Count Percentage Percentage
FemaleFemale 122122 4848
MaleMale 132132 5252
• Sample: 254 children (III-IV-V of Primary School)
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The ‘CHILDREN LIFE The ‘CHILDREN LIFE SATISFACTION’ survey: study 2SATISFACTION’ survey: study 2
Analysis of internal consistency (Analysis of internal consistency (Cronbach’s AlphaCronbach’s Alpha):):
SLSS MSLSS Family
MSLSS Friends
MSLSS
School
MSLSS Living environment
MSLSS Self
MSLSSTotal
BMSLSS
STUDY 1 0.68 0.83 0.83 0.74 0.74 0.68 0.76 0.75
STUDY 2 0.72 0.80 0.85 0.81 0.70 0.72 0.78 0.74
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Future applications Future applications
• To compare the well being of towns, cities and To compare the well being of towns, cities and countries countries
• To be aware of the living conditions of these To be aware of the living conditions of these places. places.
• Can be useful for many institutions: policy makers Can be useful for many institutions: policy makers and school managements can use it to improve and school managements can use it to improve services for citizens. services for citizens.
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