DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15255717
title: Data for the project "Reading in Early Childhood Settings: Promoting Socioemotional Development in the Digital Age"

description: This collection contains datasets from the project "Reading in Early Childhood Settings: Promoting Socioemotional Development in the Digital Age. The data were gathered during the school year 2022 - 2023. Different data sets were collected before and/or after implementing the 10-week literature-based program called SEDA (Socioemotional Skills for the Digital Age). Codebooks for each dataset are also included.

1. The first two datasets are on the home literacy environment profile and rating gathered through the Modified Home Literacy Environment Questionnaire (MHLEQ). The MHLEQ was based on the instrument by Umek, Podlesek, and Fekonja (2005) with additional items on participant demographics and digital reading. 






Dataset



Filename





Home Literacy Environment Profile



HLEQProfile.csv





Home Literacy Environment Rating



HLEQRating.csv





Home Literacy Environment Profile CodeBook



HLEQProfileCodeBook.csv





Home Literacy Environment Rating CodeBook



HLEQRatingCodeBook.csv





 

2.  The datasets below are on story comprehension, which was gathered using the assessment tool called Porozumenie súvislého príbehu: porozumenie explicitného a implicitného významu textu (Comprehension of a coherent story: understanding the explicit and implicit meaning of a text) (Zápotočná, Urban 2020). The researcher and a second rater scored the children's answers for the pre-test and the post-test. Interrater reliability on the tests was checked by analyzing randomly selected pairs of items from the two raters. The scores were adjusted based on the results of the reliability tests to finalize the pre-test and post-test results. The final sets were used for the analysis. 






Dataset



Filename





Pre-test Story Comprehension Skills (Rater 1)



PreSCRating1.csv





Post-test Story Comprehension Skills (Rater 1)



PostSCRating1.csv





Pre-test Story Comprehension Skills (Rater 2)



PreSCRating2.csv





Post-test Story Comprehension Skills (Rater 2)



PostSCRating2.csv





Pre-test Story Comprehension Skills (Final)



PreSCRatingFinal.csv





Post-test Story Comprehension Skills (Final)



PostSCRatingFinal.csv





Pre-test Item Pairs for Reliability Testing



PreReliabilitySC.csv





Post-test Item Pairs for Reliability Testing



PostReliabilitySC.csv





Story Comprehension Code Book



SCCodeBook.csv





 

3. The datasets below are on preschool children's social skills and problem behaviors. The pre-test and post-test data were gathered using the Preschool and Kindergarten Behavior Scale (PKBS) (Merrell, 1994). 






Dataset



Filename





Pre-test Social Skills and Problem Behaviors



PrePKBSRating.csv





Post-test Social Skills and Problem Behaviors



PostPKBSRating.csv





Social Skills and Problem Behaviors Code Book



PKBSCodeBook.csv





 

4. The datasets below are on preschool personality traits. The pre-test and post-test data were gathered using the Five-Factor Personality Questionnaire for Preschool Children (M5-PS-35) (Grist, Socha, and McCord, 2012).






Dataset



Filename





Pre-test Preschool Personality Traits



 PreM5Rating.csv





Pre-test Preschool Personality Traits



 PostM5Rating.csv





Preschool Personality Traits



M5CodeBook.csv





 

5.  The datasets below are on pre-primary teachers' perceptions, attitudes, and practices in using children’s books to develop socioemotional skills. The researcher developed an online survey to gather the data, with the first set of data from April to May 2022 and the second set of data in July 2022. The data sets have two versions - the original Slovak and the English translations.






Dataset



Filename





Pre-Implementation Survey for Teachers (March to April 2022) - Original Slovak



Pre implementation Teachers Online Survey_March to April 2022 Slovak.csv





Pre-Implementation Survey for Teachers (March to April 2022) - English Translation



Pre implementation Teachers Online Survey_March to April 2022 English.csv





Pre-Implementation Survey for Teachers (July 2022) - Original Slovak



Pre implementation Teachers Online Survey_July 2022 Slovak.csv





Pre-Implementation Survey for Teachers (July 2022) - English Translation



Pre implementation Teachers Online Survey_July 2022 English.csv





 

6. The set below is on the program evaluation by the schools after the SEDA Program implementation. The data was gathered using an online survey designed by the researcher in May 2023. 






Dataset



Filename





Post-Implementation Program Evaluation



Post implementation evaluation.csv