Preschool and School Aggression: Adaptation and Validation of the Preschool Social Behavior Scale in Chile

Jorge Varela; Paula Mujica; Mariavictoria Benavente; Roberto Melipillán; Paula Villacura

doi:10.15446/rcp.v32n2.92600

Preschool and School Aggression: Adaptation and Validation of the Preschool Social Behavior Scale in Chile

Jorge Varela^*, Paula Mujica, Mariavictoria Benavente, Roberto Melipillán, Paula Villacura

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Recognizing aggressive behavior at an early age is vital to identify problematic trajectories that may increase the risk of behavioral and social adaptation problems at school and during adolescence. This requires scales capable of measuring this behavior. In this study, the Scale of Preschool Social Behavior (psbs) - Teacher Form was validated using a Confirmatory Factor Analysis (cfa) in a national context. We used a sample of 538 children and 12 educators from 4 kindergartens and 5 public schools in Santiago, Chile. The results revealed two main factors: aggression and pro-social behavior, similar to the original scale. This study contributes to the early detection of physical and relational aggression in the preschool stage through the development of reliable measurements that guide prevention programs.

Translated title of the contribution	Agresión Preescolar y Escolar: Adaptación y Validación de la Escala de Conducta Social Preescolar en Chile
Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	85-94
Number of pages	10
Journal	Revista Colombiana de Psicologia
Volume	32
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.15446/rcp.v32n2.92600
State	Published - 2023

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