Abstract

The purpose of this study is to make a scale of preschool children's daily stress. In order to produce a scale, in free question and answer type, asked six hundred(600) three to six age children, seven hundred thirty two parents(732), and forty seven(47) teachers including directors at five kindergarten and four children houses in Seoul about the situation of preschool children's stress. Total two thousand three hundred and forty five(2,345) responses were collected. Based on the data, classified suspected items into one hundred and two(102) items and through twenty-nine(29) professional's valuation(7 point scale) and content validity, reorganized the items into sixty-five(65). For the 65 items, requested drawings to a professional in area of child drawings far each item. In order to review its propriety as a test tool and validity of expression, commented by six professionals and proceeded pilot study twice subject to twenty(20) kindergarten children. Based on six professionals' opinion, children's response from the pilot study, and six kindergarten teachers and two parents' opinion, the drawings were revised three times. After ready far the test, printed the drawings as test tools and executed main study subject to three- hundred(300) children in three to six age. Far the item discrimination analysis, item-total correlation calculated and deleted the items which is under r=.25. Far the review of validity, analyzed content validity and construct validity. Construct validity was tested by factor analysis, after the result, three factors, such as, 'anxiety-frustration', 'self-respect loosing', 'facing aggressive-blame situation' were produced. Reliability of the scale was produced by Cronbach's α coefficient After the result, total reliability coefficient is α=.87, and a coefficient of each item is .80, .75, .72, respectively. This study is meaningful since the preschool children's stress scale development has nat studied in Korea yet and far the validity review, continuous research was required and discussed.