Considering the Validity and Reliability of the Image Map of SelfManagement of Young Children

Aims: This study sought to develop an Image Map of Selfmanagement (IMSM), an assessment tool for the self-management abilities of 4- to 6-year-old children, and to examine its validity and reliability. Methods: The IMSM is a two-dimensional assessment tool that records the child’s daily activities through a two-dimensional coordinate system. Self-management abilities can be measured using the distance to the child as the c value, the distance to the mother as the m value, and the distance to the father as the f value. Items with a low c value indicate high child involvement and high child selfmanagement abilities. Items with a high m value and f value indicate low mother/father involvement and high child self-management abilities. Responses obtained from 266 parents of children attending kindergartens were analyzed. Results: The IMSM items were examined by eight pediatric nursing specialists and two early childhood care and education specialists from which the items were determined to consist of 15 items in three domains: five for “child’s basic daily functions”; five for “playing time”; and five for “child’s sanitary and safety activities,” thus confirming content validity was confirmed. The Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of the total score was c value .739, m value .745, and f value .651, thereby confirming the internal consistency reliability. The intraclass correlation coefficient between the two total scores obtained by the test-retest method was c value .915, m value .930, and f value .891, thereby confirming test-retest reliability