The Early Social Cognition Inventory (ESCI): An examination of its psychometric properties from birth to 47 months.

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Hoicka, Elena, Soy-Telli, Burcu, Prouten, Eloise, Leckie, George, Browne, William J, Nurmsoo, Erika and Gattis, Merideth 2021. The Early Social Cognition Inventory (ESCI): An examination of its psychometric properties from birth to 47 months. Behavior Research Methods. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-021-01628-z
AuthorsHoicka, Elena, Soy-Telli, Burcu, Prouten, Eloise, Leckie, George, Browne, William J, Nurmsoo, Erika and Gattis, Merideth
AbstractSocial cognition refers to a broad range of cognitive processes and skills that allow individuals to interact with and understand others, including a variety of skills from infancy through preschool and beyond, e.g., joint attention, imitation, and belief understanding. However, no measures examine socio-cognitive development from birth through preschool. Current test batteries and parent-report measures focus either on infancy, or toddlerhood through preschool (and beyond). We report six studies in which we developed and tested a new 21-item parent-report measure of social cognition targeting 0-47 months: the Early Social Cognition Inventory (ESCI). Study 1 (N = 295) revealed the ESCI has excellent internal reliability, and a two-factor structure capturing social cognition and age. Study 2 (N = 605) also showed excellent internal reliability and confirmed the two-factor structure. Study 3 (N = 84) found a medium correlation between the ESCI and a researcher-administered social cognition task battery. Study 4 (N = 46) found strong 1-month test-retest reliability. Study 5 found longitudinal stability (6 months: N = 140; 12 months: N = 39), and inter-observer reliability between parents (N = 36) was good, and children's scores increased significantly over 6 and 12 months. Study 6 showed the ESCI was internally reliable within countries (Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States, Trinidad and Tobago); parent ethnicity; parent education; and age groups from 4-39 months. ESCI scores positively correlated with household income (UK); children with siblings had higher scores; and Australian parents reported lower scores than American, British, and Canadian parents. [Abstract copyright: © 2021. The Author(s).]
KeywordsSocial cognition; Survey development; Infants; Theory of Mind; Toddlers; Preschoolers
Year2021
JournalBehavior Research Methods
PublisherSpringer
ISSN1554-3528
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-021-01628-z
Official URLhttps://link.springer.com/article/10.3758%2Fs13428-021-01628-z
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Online10 Sep 2021
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Deposited26 May 2021
Accepted18 May 2021
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