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Turkish adaptation of the Children's Numeracy Interest Scale and its relationship with parental math involvement.

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Τίτλος: Turkish adaptation of the Children's Numeracy Interest Scale and its relationship with parental math involvement.
Συγγραφείς: Karakuş Özkan H; Faculty of Education, Department of Preschool Education, Sinop University, Sinop, Türkiye. hkarakus@sinop.edu.tr.
Πηγή: BMC psychology [BMC Psychol] 2026 Sep 01; Vol. 14 (1). Date of Electronic Publication: 2026 Sep 01.
Τύπος έκδοσης: Journal Article
Γλώσσα: English
Στοιχεία περιοδικού: Publisher: BioMed Central Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 101627676 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 2050-7283 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 20507283 NLM ISO Abbreviation: BMC Psychol Subsets: MEDLINE
Imprint Name(s): Original Publication: London : BioMed Central, [2013]-
Ιατρικοί όροι (MeSH): Parents*/psychology , Parenting*/psychology , Mathematics* , Parent-Child Relations*, Humans ; Turkey ; Psychometrics ; Female ; Child, Preschool ; Male ; Reproducibility of Results ; Factor Analysis, Statistical ; Surveys and Questionnaires
Περίληψη: Background: Children's numeracy interest is increasingly recognized as an important affective dimension of early mathematical development. However, to the best of my knowledge, no empirical study has directly examined the association between parental math involvement and children's numeracy interest in Türkiye, and no validated Turkish-language instrument for assessing this construct has been reported. This study aimed to adapt the Children's Numeracy Interest Scale into Turkish and examine whether parental math involvement predicted children's numeracy interest.
Methods: The research comprised in two studies. Study 1 focused on the Turkish adaptation of the Children's Numeracy Interest Scale and evaluated its psychometric properties using exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses. Study 2 examined whether overall parental math involvement and its domains predicted children's numeracy interest among parents of preschool children. The proposed models were tested using structural equation modeling, with relevant child and family characteristics included as control variables.
Results: The Turkish version of the Children's Numeracy Interest Scale demonstrated a one-factor structure, good reliability, and acceptable model fit. Parental math involvement was positively associated with children's numeracy interest and was a significant positive predictor in the structural model. When the domains of parental math involvement were examined simultaneously, only Numbers and Operations emerged as a significant positive predictor. Among the control variables, child age was also a significant positive predictor of children's numeracy interest.
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Competing Interests: Declarations. Ethics approval and consent to participate: The study was conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the Sinop University Human Research Ethics Committee (Date: 11 April 2025; Approval No: 2025/183). Participation was voluntary, and written informed consent was obtained from all participating parents. Before data collection, participants were informed about the purpose and procedures of the study, the confidentiality of their responses, and their right to withdraw at any time. Consent for publication: Not applicable. Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.
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Grant Information: EĞTF-1901-25-003 Sinop University Scientific Research Projects Coordination Unit
Contributed Indexing: Keywords: Children’s numeracy interest; Home numeracy environment; Measurement invariance; Parental math involvement; Preschool children; Psychometric validation; Structural equation modeling
Entry Date(s): Date Created: 20261001 Date Completed: 20261001 Latest Revision: 20261001
Update Code: 20261001
DOI: 10.1186/s40359-026-05423-3
PMID: 42816863
Βάση Δεδομένων: MEDLINE
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ISSN:2050-7283
DOI:10.1186/s40359-026-05423-3