myTREEHOUSE Self‐Concept Assessment: preliminary psychometric analysis of a new self‐concept assessment for children with cerebral palsy

Abstract

The myTREEHOUSE Self-Concept Assessment is a valid and reliable assessment of self-concept for children with CP aged 8 to 12 years.

Self‐concept research in cerebral palsy: development of a population‐specific measure

“…A particular strength of Cheong et al's paper is the development of a strong rationale for this new population‐specific self‐concept measure. The authors make a compelling argument that children with CP have different life experiences than typically developing children and, as a result, it cannot be assumed that measures of self‐concept developed for use with typically developing children will adequately or appropriately assess self‐concept of children with CP.…”

“…Though self‐concept is an important influence on children's development, functioning, participation, and quality of life, understanding of self‐concept in children with cerebral palsy (CP) is lacking . To date, research on this topic has been undermined by the lack of appropriate self‐concept measures for use with children with CP .…”

“…Cheong et al's results reveal promising initial evidence for the content validity (content relevance and representativeness) and reliability (internal consistency, test–retest) for the use of myTREEHOUSE to assess the self‐concept of preadolescent children with CP. However, construct validation is a never‐ending process and further psychometric analyses are required .…”

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This commentary is on the original article by Cheong et al on pages 655-660 of this issue.Though self-concept is an important influence on children's development, functioning, participation, and quality of life, understanding of self-concept in children with cerebral palsy (CP) is lacking. [1][2][3][4] To date, research on this topic has been undermined by the lack of appropriate selfconcept measures for use with children with CP. 2,4 Cheong et al 1 take an important step toward addressing this situation.

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“…[1][2][3][4] To date, research on this topic has been undermined by the lack of appropriate selfconcept measures for use with children with CP. 2,4 Cheong et al 1 take an important step toward addressing this situation. Their paper provides preliminary validity and reliability evidence for the myTREEHOUSE Self-Concept Assessment (myTREEHOUSE), a measure of self-concept for children with CP aged 8 years to 12 years.…”