title: [Age, sex and diagnosis-specific differences in play of preschool children with the Scenotest. A study of the constructive validity of observation systems].
abstract: As there are only few observation systems designed for the age group of 4 to 6-year-old children, the scenotest is often used as a diagnostic instrument. Being a projective instrument with a psychoanalytic foundation studies aiming to examine the objectivity, reliability and validity are lacking. In the study presented different observation systems were developed to assess children's behavior while playing with the scenotest material and the construct validity was examined. It could be shown that the instruments are able to differentiate between the behavior of elder and younger children, boys and girls and more or less stressed mother-child-dyads. The results indicate that the construct validity of the three new instruments is good.
authors.affiliation: Institute für Familienforschung und -beratung, Universität Freiburg Schweiz.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ermert
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004243:Divorce / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D010988:Play and Playthings; D011386:Projective Techniques / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012737:Sex Factors; D015406:Single Parent / Q000523:psychology
vernacular_title: Alters-, Geschlechts- und belastungsspezifische Unterschiede beim Spiel von Vorschulkindern mit dem Scenotest. Eine Studie zur Konstruktvalidität von Beobachtungssystemen.