Development of Teacher-Reported Preschool Children's Self-Regulation Skills Assessment Scale

The aim of this study was to develop a scale to assess the self-regulation (SR) skills of preschool children. The developed scale enables the assessment of preschool children’s self-regulation (SR) skills based on their teachers’ observations. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted on Turkish preschool children with two samples (n=300 and n=289, respectively). The TR-PCSAS, with 42 items in total, has its three-factor structure supported by the factor analysis results. In addition to good reliability and construct validity results, the measure also had a strong positive correlation with a similar scale. A multiple regression analysis was conducted to predict children’s SR skills based on gender, duration of attended early childhood education, and the teachers’ professional experience. These variables significantly predicted children’s SR skills. Findings demonstrate that the TR-PCSAS has appropriate psychometric characteristics and can be used for assessing the SR skills of preschool children in Turkiye.