Epistemic Curiosity Scale for Young Children: A Scale Adaptation to Turkish

Authors : Erken çocukluk, okul öncesi, epistemik merak, Küçük Çocuklar için İTipi/YTipi Epistemik Merak Ölçeği

Pages : 41-58

Doi:10.26650/SP2021-1050551

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Publication Date : 2023-05-08

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Epistemic curiosity is the desire to seek and acquire new information that motivates knowledge and exploratory behavior. While epistemic curiosity can stimulate positive feelings of interest related to novelty-seeking behavior and the intrinsic joy of discoveries insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(I-Type);, it can also diminish unpleasant and uncertain experiences, which are associated with the feeling of being deprived of information insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(D-Type);. Given the growing interest in epistemic curiosity and its implications in education, specific assessment tools are needed to measure early indicators of Type-I and Type-D epistemic curiosity, particularly in local contexts. In this study, the reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the I-Type/D-Type Epistemic Curiosity Scale for Young Children were investigated. The 10-item I-Type/D-Type Epistemic Curiosity Scale for Young Children was developed by Piotrowski and colleagues insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(2014); to assess children’s epistemic curiosity based on parents’ observations. The participants of the study were 636 children insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(F = 302; M = 334);. The ages of the children ranged from 48 to 83 months insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(M = 68.34; SD = 7.96);. Data were obtained from the mothers. The scale’s factor structure was tested with Confirmatory Factor Analysis. The results showed that the Turkish version of the scale also has a similar two-factor insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(I-Type/Y-Type); structure to the original scale. Furthermore, for construct validity, zero-order correlations reported a significant positive relationship between self-regulation and I-Type and D-type epistemic curiosity, as hypothesized. Additionally, a partial correlation between curiosity type and self-regulation highlighted the divergence of two I-Type and D-Type epistemic curiosity. These findings indicated that the 10-item, two-factor I-Type/D-Type Epistemic Curiosity Scale for Young Children is reliable and valid for assessing young children’s curiosity through mothers’ ratings.
Keywords : Erken çocukluk, okul öncesi, epistemik merak, Küçük Çocuklar için İ Tipi Y Tipi Epistemik Merak Ölçeği