GRATITUDE OF PRESCHOOL CHILDREN SCALES IN THE WORLD AND DIRECTIONS FOR SCALE DEVELOPMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF VIETNAM

Authors

  • Bui Thi Lam Faculty of Early Childhood Education, Hanoi National University of Education, Hanoi city, Vietnam
  • Nguyen Hong Thuan The Vietnam National Institute of Educational Sciences, Hanoi city, Vietnam
  • Nguyen Tuan Vinh Faculty of Preschool Education, University of Education, Hue University, Thua Thien Hue province, Vietnam
  • Le Thi Nhung Faculty of Preschool Education, University of Education, Hue University, Thua Thien Hue province, Vietnam

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18173/2354-1075.2024-0091

Keywords:

scale, scale development, gratitude, gratitude scale, preschool children, context of Vietnam

Abstract

The gratitude of preschool children is a positive emotion, bringing many physical, psychological, and social benefits to them. Determining the level of their gratitude with an appropriate scale will be an important basis for educational impacts to improve it. By reviewing, synthesizing, analyzing, and evaluating related research works, the article introduces some preschool children's gratitude scales in the world that have been built and used. These scales are mainly in the form of questionnaires or checklists, measured directly on children or through parents. Based on that and the theoretical research results on the gratitude of preschool children, the article provides directions to develop a preschool children's gratitude scale within the context of Vietnam so that future studies can inherit it.

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Published

2024-10-02

Issue

Tập 69, Số 4A, 2024: Khoa học Giáo dục

Section

Educational Science: Social Science

How to Cite

Thi Lam, B. (2024) “GRATITUDE OF PRESCHOOL CHILDREN SCALES IN THE WORLD AND DIRECTIONS FOR SCALE DEVELOPMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF VIETNAM”, Journal of Science Educational Science, 69(4A), pp. 174–186. doi:10.18173/2354-1075.2024-0091.

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