Desarrollo de la Escala de Síntomas Internalizados en la Primera Infancia (ESIPI)

Abstract

This study aims to design a scale that allows to know about emotional problems in children from two to five years. Fordoing so, a discourse analysis of educational agents and community mothers from the department of Atlantico was takenas point of departure. This is a qualitative study, which includes a discourse analysis design. The sample was constituted by35 individuals between 18 and 56 years old who belonged to medium-low socioeconomic level. Participants were dividedinto two focal groups. They answered a survey, participated in a workshop, and collaborated with three in-depth interviewsabout their experience in child development centers and community homes. The Early Childhood Internalizing SymptomScale (ESIPI) emerged as result. It includes three subscales: anxiety, depressive symptoms and somatic symptoms.