The Role and Importance of Quality of Life among Preschool Children as a Prerequisite for a Positively Oriented Upbringing

Autor: Zvonimir Užarević, Snježana Dubovicki
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: International Journal of Cognitive Research in Science, Engineering and Education, Vol 12, Iss 2 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2334-8496
DOI: 10.23947/2334-8496-2024-12-2-419-425
Popis: The aim of this study was to evaluate the health-related quality of life (QoL) in a sample of healthy preschool children in the Republic of Croatia and comment on whether and how the research results open the preconditions for positive individual scenarios of the future related to positively oriented upbringing. The Pediatric quality of life inventory generic core scales (PedsQLTM) was completed by 230 healthy preschool children (5-6 years old) and their parents as a proxy-report. The data was descriptively analysed first. Reliability was assessed by Cronbach’s alpha. The statistically significant difference between the PedsQLTM scales (physical, emotional, social, kindergarten and psychosocial functioning) for preschool children and their parent’s proxy-report were analysed. The PedsQLTM scale score means for children’s self-report ranged 71.32-76.49, with the total score was 74.53. Score means for their parent’s proxy-report scale ranged 73.59-85.46, with the total score of 80.93. All the self-report and proxy-report scales showed satisfactory reliability with Cronbach’s alpha varying between 0.64 and 0.89. Statistically significant difference between scales in self-report and proxy-report was for physical (t=-7.12, p
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