Synthèse des connaissances portant sur l’identification d’outils permettant la mesure populationnelle du développement des enfants de 2 ans

• Published in: Canadian psychology = Psychologie canadienne Vol. 64; no. 2; pp. 107 - 117
• Main Authors: Tardif, Geneviève, Paquette, Noémie, Jacques, Claudine, Coutu, Sylvain, Dubeau, Diane, Bérubé, Annie, Lemay, Lise
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: French
• Published: Educational Publishing Foundation 01.05.2023
• Subjects: Childhood Development; Developmental Measures; Human; Measurement; Population; Psychometrics; Screening Tests; Test Administration; Test Reliability; Test Validity
• ISSN: 0708-5591; 1878-7304
• DOI: 10.1037/cap0000333

Since 2012, Quebec has been using the Instrument de mesure du développement de la petite enfance (IMDPE) to establish the developmental profile of 5-year-old children starting kindergarten. The recognized usefulness of this tool by numerous stakeholders as well as government departments has led to the project of developing a similar instrument for younger children (± age 2) to implement early stimulation measures adapted to their needs. In order to identify potential tools that could meet this goal, and in accordance to PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) guidelines, an exhaustive review of the scientific literature (from 2000 to 2017) was conducted using the DistillerSR (Smarters Reviews) software. Searches of PsycARTICLE, ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), MEDLINE (Medical Literature Analyses and Retrieval System Online), and gray literature databases yielded more than 29,800 documents. These documents were subjected to two significant filterings (κ: 0.73, 1st filtering; 0.79, 2nd). Of the 300 articles and documents, 262 potential tools were identified. To target the most relevant ones, three manual filterings were conducted with respect to population-measures (e.g., single administration, satisfactory psychometric properties, target ages: 18–30 months). A careful analysis of the 15 remaining documents allowed the authors to select 5 tools deemed relevant to the development measurement within a population and, after consultation with six scientific and clinical experts, to determine a preferred tool. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: journal abstract)