A study on the Development of a tool for measuring young children's self-esteem: enactive cognition perspective

Objectives The purpose of this study is to develop a tool to interpret and measure children's self-esteem from the enactive perspective of embodied cognition, which is a new perspective in cognitive science. Methods To this end, through a literature study on the cognitive science of Enactive cognition and the self-esteem of young children, the self-esteem of young children can be interpreted from the viewpoint of enactive cognition. And iIn addition, three teachers were interviewed about how young children’s self-esteem was revealed during the daily routine of educational institutions. Based on the interview and literature research results, expert relevance tests were conducted on the items and drafts of the children's enactive self-esteem measurement tool developed by the researcher. Results Through this, a tool to measure children's enactive self-esteem was developed with 3 factors and 32 items. Conclusions This study is significant in that it not only presents a new perspective to observe and evaluate young children's self-esteem, but also develops a tool that can reliably and properly measure children's self-esteem.