Abstract

FERNANDES MATIAS, Neyfsom Carlos. Development of a scale of participation in extracurricular activities for children. Cienc. Psicol. [online]. 2019, vol.13, n.2, pp.235-248.  Epub Dec 01, 2019. ISSN 1688-4094.  https://doi.org/10.22235/cp.v13i2.1879.

The article presents the process of elaboration of the Scale of Involvement in Extracurricular Activities for Children (SIEAC). The first version of the instrument was applied to 178 students of both sexes from two public schools in a city of the state of Minas Gerais (Brazil), aged 8 to 12 years, attending the 4th, 5th and 6th years of elementary school. In addition to the psychometric properties of the test, differences were investigated regarding school, school year, sex and involvement in structured and unstructured extracurricular activities. The EEAEC presented adequate psychometric indexes with a Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin index equal to 0.64 and significant Bartlett's sphericity test. Factor analysis pointed to the presence of three factors. Differences (p<0.050) were found in the comparison by sex, in the first and third factors. Boys play more than girls, as they become more involved with academic/responsible activities. Scale is useful in assessing the involvement of children in extracurricular activities

Keywords : extracurricular activities; scale; bioecological theory of human development; factorial analysis.

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