@article{ref1,
title="Measuring children's emotion knowledge: steps toward an anti-racist approach to early childhood assessments",
journal="Affective science",
year="2022",
author="Kamboukos, Dimitra and Ursache, Alexandra and Cheng, Sabrina and Rodriguez, Vanessa and Gelb, Gena and Barajas-Gonzalez, R. Gabriela and Dawson-McClure, Spring and Brotman, Laurie M.",
volume="3",
number="1",
pages="62-68",
abstract="Emotion knowledge (EK) is a malleable set of skills that is central to social interactions and school success during early childhood. The current study describes an anti-racist approach to adapting an EK measure that assesses knowledge of facial expressions to be ecologically valid for young children of color attending pre-Kindergarten (pre-K) programs in a large urban school district. This approach involved (1) attending to race/ethnicity in selection of visual stimuli, (2) ensuring appropriate translation and language for administration, and (3) exploring the functioning of the measure within a racially, ethnically, and linguistically diverse group of children. A total of 235 children (67.4% Latinx, 14.1% non-Latinx Black, 7.1% non-Latinx White, 7.8% Asian, 3.6% another racial/ethnicity) were assessed in English (74%) or Spanish (26%) during the fall of pre-K (mean age = 4.4). Both English and Spanish versions appear to have similar reliability, although accuracy levels were lower when administered in Spanish. No differences in mean accuracy scores were found across racial/ethnic groups or for boys versus girls. This study contributes to the growing literature necessary to advance anti-racist research in affective science. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s42761-022-00105-w.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2662-2041",
doi="10.1007/s42761-022-00105-w",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42761-022-00105-w"
}